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Sputnik 1 comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	is an instance of	has definition
artificial satellite	satellite		a satellite made by humans which is gravitationaly bound and in orbit of a larger physical object
Sputnik 1		artificial satellite	First artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. (lit.: companion)

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