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Sputnik (rocket)
The
Sputnik
rocket was an unmanned
orbital
carrier rocket
designed by
Sergey Korolyov
in the
Soviet Union
, derived from the
R-7 Semyorka
ICBM
. On 4 October 1957, it was used to perform the world's first
satellite
launch, placing
Sputnik 1
into a
low Earth orbit
.
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