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Kosmos 1 (Russian: Космос 1 meaning Cosmos 1) also known as DS-2 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 11 was a technology demonstration and ionospheric research satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the first satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system and the first spacecraft launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme to successfully reach orbit.

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