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Correction for the length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik)

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How long is 922 nanoseconds?
It's about 0.0000000000001 times as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)
The length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik) is about 7,900,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 nanoseconds.
(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 7,900,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 nanoseconds. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 5,800,000,000,000 nanoseconds.
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