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A video by Hoog details the birth of Sputnik, the Soviet satellite that beat the US to orbit. The original plan for a massive space lab was too ambitious. Sputnik's 1-watt transmitter worked despite unknowns about orbit. The launch sparked the space race and secretly pleased the US, which wanted to fly spy satellites.
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