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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST OF THE WORLD
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Sputnik 1
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Explorer 1
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Vanguard 1
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Dong Fang Hong 1
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Detailed explanation-1: -Description. The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958 while reentering Earth’s atmosphere, after three months, 1, 440 completed orbits of the Earth, and a distance traveled of about 70, 000, 000 km (43, 000, 000 mi).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler, ‘’ was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.