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Collection Summary
Collection: 00080 - Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Folder: 0041
Item: 01677
Title: Soviet Russia's Sputnik III in the night sky over Bismarck, North Dakota
Date: 08/20/1958
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0080-box02-file16-01 is replaced with 00080-0039-01677, "Sputnik III over Bismarck story B.T. August 20, 1958 p. 18".
Summary: One of the flashes of light in the dark night sky over Bismarck, North Dakota is identified as the Soviet Russian satellite, Sputnik III. Sputnik III was launched into its Earth orbit on May 15, 1958. The satellite weighed 1.46 tons and spent 692 days in Earth's orbit. Sputnik III re-entered the atmosphere and burned on April 6, 1960.
Red ID: PH_I_145147 Image ID: 106184 Image Notes: 00080-box02-folder16-01

Collection: 00080 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1930-1980

Summary: Images used in the Bismarck Tribune newspapers from the 1930s-1970s.

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