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Sputnik 1 is the first satellite to be put into orbit and it was done by the Russians. It contributed largely to the Red Scare of Communist Russia against the U.S. Other than that i dont know much more...yet Explorer 1 was the USA's answer to the Soviet Union, it was their first ever satellite.

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