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Correction for the length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik)

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How long is 132.80 moments?
It's about one-six-hundred-fiftieth as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)
The length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik) is about 88,000 moments.
(a.k.a. Sputnik 1, a.k.a. Спутник-1, a.k.a. "Satellite-1", a.k.a. Простейший Спутник-1) (1957) (total time in orbit)
Launched from Kazakhstan in 1957, Sputnik was the first artificial satellite placed into orbit around Earth, where it remained for 88,000 moments. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 64 moments.
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