Russia has successfully launched an earth satellite 'Sputnik' into space

Russia has successfully launched an earth satellite 'Sputnik' into space; ENGLAND: Manchester: INT *** AUDIO TRACK MISSING, TELECINE RECORDING *** Professor Lovell (Jordell Bank) speaking to camera - This is a great day in science a shere 1801bs and 2 ft in diameter has been; launched 500 miles up at 5 miles per second. It has seen 12 times round the world since midnight. This is stupendous. President Eisenhower said 2 years ago that they would launch one in the Geophysical year, now the Russians have beaten them to it. This experiment in inter-planetary flight will yield invaluable data.
Russia has successfully launched an earth satellite 'Sputnik' into space; ENGLAND: Manchester: INT *** AUDIO TRACK MISSING, TELECINE RECORDING *** Professor Lovell (Jordell Bank) speaking to camera - This is a great day in science a shere 1801bs and 2 ft in diameter has been; launched 500 miles up at 5 miles per second. It has seen 12 times round the world since midnight. This is stupendous. President Eisenhower said 2 years ago that they would launch one in the Geophysical year, now the Russians have beaten them to it. This experiment in inter-planetary flight will yield invaluable data.
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05 October, 1957
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