Sputniks

A series of Soviet satellites launched in 1957 and in following years. These were the first artificial satellites.

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The appearance of Sputnik stimulated a great deal of effort in the education of scientists and engineers in the United States. This period is now referred to as the post-Sputnik boom.

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Example Sentences

I can almost remember the atomic bomb, and I sure as hell remember the sputniks.

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This was the very thing that had led to such shocks as the launching of the early Sputniks.

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