In October 1957, amateur radio operators monitored the first signal from a spacefaring civilization —— and it was us.Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit the Earth, launched on Oct. 4 of that year from a site in Kazakhstan, then a part of the USSR. That site is now the Baikonur Cosmodrome; at the time it was site 1/5 at the Tyuratam range.Article here: Sputnik's Beeping Legacy: Satellite's Simplicity Made It Iconic 60 Years Ago
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