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Sixty years since Sputnik - the satellite that changed the world

Video. Sixty years since Sputnik - the satellite that changed the world

Updated: 21/09/2017 - 12:29 GMT+2

Sixty years ago, Sputnik became the first satellite in space and changed the world forever.

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