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Which of these spheres is as large as the Soviet satellite Sputnik?

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Sputnik I Satellite
Retry Correct Incorrect Although Sputnik’s launch in 1957 was a momentous occasion that shocked America into joining the Space Race, that doesn’t mean the satellite itself was particularly large. According to National Geographic, it was about the size of a basketball.
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Which of these spheres is as large as the Soviet satellite Sputnik?

  • Basketball
  • Disney World’s Epcot center
  • Softball
  • Medicine ball
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