From time of start of the Satellite on October, 4th 1957 till January,

2008 of 4600 starts have deduced in space about 6000 satellites from

which approximately 400 fly outside of a geostationary orbit or on interplanetary trajectories.

Here so now the Earth looks from space. Photo European Space Operations Center.

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