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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added media. | Nov 10, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Central Intelligence Agency - Sputnik and US Intelligence: The Warning Record. | Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Sputnik and NASA. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - Sputnik at 60. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory - The Early Days of Sputnik (PDF). | Jun 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Sputnik: How the Soviet Union spun the satellite launch. | Mar 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Sputnik, 1957. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Sputnik and the Space Race: 1957 and Beyond. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - Sputnik and US Intelligence: The Warning Record. | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Macalester College - Sputnik. | Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Society - USSR Launches Sputnik. | Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Sputnik: The Space Race's Opening Shot. | Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 28, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Of Russian origin: Sputnik. | Oct 24, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Sputnik. | Jan 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The First Artificial Satellite Orbits Earth. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Sputnik Background History. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Cold War Museum - Sputnik. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - U.S. Satellite Responses to Sputnik. | Sep 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Museum - Sputnik � Engineering a World First. | Sep 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Museum - Sputnik � Engineering a World First. | Sep 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - NOVA - Sputnik's Impact on America. | Sep 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - NOVA - Sputnik's Impact on America. | Sep 07, 2016 | ||
| Added image of Sputnik 1. | May 27, 2011 | ||
| Updated number of satellites. | Sep 04, 2009 | ||
| Video of Laika added. | Sep 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Sputnik Worked. | Feb 11, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 29, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | May 15, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 19, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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