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C-box: ^Sputnik^  was launched.
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GeoByte1:The launch of the artificial satellite ^Sputnik^  signaled the beginning of the "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union.
GeoByte2:One month after the artificial satellite ^Sputnik^  was launched, the Soviets sent ^Sputnik 2^  into space carrying a dog named Laika.
GeoByte3:The United States had expected to be first in space, but the Soviet Union launched ^Sputnik^  first.
GeoByte4:^Sputnik^  means "traveling companion" in Russian.
GeoByte5:^Sputnik^  weighed only 184 pounds (83 kg).
GeoByte6:The United States launched its first artificial satellite, ^Explorer 1^, on January 31, 1958.
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