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| Replica of Sputnik 1 was the first satellite put up into space on October 7, 1957. Launched from the Baikinur COSMODROME, it was in orbit for 3 weeks. It was a 23 inch diameter polished sphere. |
from Wikipedia:
The
Newbrook Observatory (a designated historic building) was built in
Newbrook, Alberta,
Canada by the Stellar Physics Division of the
Dominion Observatory and operated as a space observatory from 1952 until 1957
[1] The observatory was equipped with a Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera, one of only six built by the
Perkin-Elmer Company
used to observe meteors. One of the observatory resident scientists,
Art Griffen, was the first in North America to photograph the
Sputnik 1 satellite (less than a week after its launch).
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