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[i]This is a full-scale replica of Explorer 1, the United States' first artificial satellite. It was one of several transferred to the Smithsonian Institution by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in September 1958. It is a machined metal shell representing the payload section and is devoid of instrumentation. It is attached to a Sergeant fourth stage solid-fuel rocket motor.[/i]
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