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Is 415.40 fortnights as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)?

It's about 65 times as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)
The length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik) is about 6.50 fortnights.
(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 6.60 fortnights. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 0.0048 fortnights.
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