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Sputnik 1 satellite with protruding antennas, launching rocket, radio transmitter equipment, and starfield below

Sputnik 1 Quiz: How Much Do You Know About History's First Artificial Satellite

Robotic Space Missions

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

34

Volts

3/q

Sputnik 1 shocked the world in 1957 as humanity's first satellite. Test how much you really know about the beeping sphere that started the Space Race, its numbers, its makers, and the chaos it triggered back on Earth. Ready to orbit the facts?

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