Meaning Of The Word Sputnik

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sputnik in American English
noun: any of a series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s

Sputnik in British English
noun: any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites, Sputnik 1 (launched in 1957) being the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth

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