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Oct
4
2012
The Sputnik Panic
Posted by HW on 04 Oct 2012 /
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Published on October 4, 2012 The beeping tones were incessant. By tuning onto the frequencies of 20.005 or 40.002 MHz, anyone the world over could listen to this simple repeating tone — yet what made it different was that it was broadcast from outer space, from on board the first satellite that orbited the Earth. [...]
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