woodchurch science

here are a couple of videos you could show to introduce the topic of satellites…first up is a newsreel showing how sputnik was launched in 1957, followed by telstar in 1962…

1950s: Reds Launch First Space Satellite, 7th October 1957


1960s: Satellite Brings The World Closer, 12th July 1962

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