KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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What was the name of the 1st satellite?
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Explorer 1
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Sputnik
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Mir
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Vostok 1
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: --1, romanized as Sputnik-Odin (pronounced [ˈsputʲnʲɪk. ɐˈdʲin]), means ‘Satellite-One’.
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