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DATE:04/10/07
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com
SPUTNIK 50: Sputnik 1's bleep signal as it orbited Earth

As Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth 50 years ago, it emitted a bleep signal which the BBC's Reg Turnill described as "quite boring actually", although he recalled the reaction at the time as "tremendous and interesting".

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