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Medal - Sputnik 1
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely filled with a multi-line inscribed text in relief describing the historic achievement of the Sputnik 1 launch, with the legend 'THE SPACE AGE' arching along the upper rim and the commemorative text filling the entire field in horizontal lines down to the lower edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE SPACE AGE ON OCT. 4, 1957, THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE-SPUTNIK 1 WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE U.S.S.R. IT SEPARATED FROM THE BOOSTER ROCKET AT 9:04 GREENWICH MEAN TIME AND WENT INTO ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH. SPUTNIK 1 TRAVELED IN SPACE AT 17,712 MILES PER HOUR AND COMPLETED AN ORBIT OF THE EARTH EVERY 90 MINUTES AT A DISTANCE THAT VARIED FROM 140 TO 560 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. |
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