[Swprograms] 50 years in space today!

Subject: [Swprograms] 50 years in space today!

From: Mike Terry <miketerry73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:30:33 +0000 (UTC)

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In October 1957, amateur radio operators monitored the first signal from a spacefaring civilization ââ and it was us.

Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit the Earth, launched on Oct. 4 of that year from a site in Kazakhstan, then a part of the USSR. That site is now the Baikonur Cosmodrome; at the time it was site 1/5 at the Tyuratam range.

Article here:

Sputnik's Beeping Legacy: Satellite's Simplicity Made It Iconic 60 Years Ago

Sputnik's Beeping Legacy: Satellite's Simplicity Made It Iconic 60 ...

In October 1957, amateur radio operators monitored the first signal from a spacefaring civilization â and it was...

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