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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Bion satellites, Cosmos satellites, Reconnaissance satellites of the Soviet Union, Soviet space observatories, Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, GLONASS, Kosmos 21, Kosmos 27, List of Kosmos satellites, Granat, Soviet space dogs, Prognoz 6, TKS, Zenit, Meteor, Almaz, Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories, Kosmos 1818, Oko, RORSAT, Kosmos 1867, Kosmos 1686, Kosmos 954, US-KMO, Sputnik 3, Kosmos 1669, Kosmos 2251, Prognoz SO-M, Kosmos 482, Foton, Kosmos 5, Astron, Kosmos 140, Kosmos 6, Kosmos 3, Strela, Kosmos 1375, Yantar, Kosmos 191, Kosmos 211, Kosmos 53, Kosmos 106, Kosmos 8, Kosmos 116, Kosmos 17, Kosmos 25, Kosmos 70, Kosmos 51, Kosmos 36, Kosmos 31, Kosmos 419, Kosmos 49, Luch, Kosmos 76, Kosmos 173, Kosmos 176, Kosmos 148, Kosmos 101, Kosmos 557, Kosmos 165, Kosmos 152, Kosmos 123, Kosmos 26, Kosmos 320, Kosmos 149, Ekran, Kosmos 440, Kosmos 615, Kosmos 242, Kosmos 391, Kosmos 362, Kosmos 497, Kosmos 308, Kosmos 327, Kosmos 275, Kosmos 204, RELIKT-1, Parus, Kosmos 47, Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188, MS, Bion 3, SPRN-2 Prognoz, Kosmos 379, Bion 10, Kosmos 60, Kosmos 1267, Bion 9, Molniya, Proton satellite, Kosmos 111, Gorizont, Kosmos 396, Kosmos 656, Bion 7, Prognoz 9, Kosmos 434, Bion 6, Kosmos 133, Kosmos 1402, Orbita, Orlets-1, Nadezhda, Bion 8, Kosmos 2175, Bion 5, Kosmos 869, Bion 2, Bion 4, Kosmos 213, Kosmos 212, Kosmos 110, Kosmos 496, Kosmos 398, Kosmos 238, Kosmos 1074, Kosmos 772, Bion 11, Kosmos 613, Kosmos 300, Kosmos 305, Kosmos 573, Kosmos 638, Kosmos 672, Kosmos 1379, Kosmos 1001, Tsiklon, Kosmos 670. Excerpt: Sputnik 1 (Russian: Russian pronunciation: , "Satellite-1," -1 (PS-1, i.e. " -1," or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in...
