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the scientists knew that the cycles of solar activity would be at a high point then.
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The White House solicited proposals from various Government research agencies to undertake development.
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Sputnik II was launched, carrying a bigger and heavier load, including a dovg named Laika.
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The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.
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This satellite carried a small scientific payload that eventually discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth, named after principal investigator James Van Allen.
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Today we are able to watch cable or what some people call satellite. Also the launch of Sputnik enabled us to create NASA which sends out rockets and different objects to space to collect the data we need.
