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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TinaL" data-source="post: 1556490" data-attributes="member: 138815">by the currently accepted definition (100 km), the first rocket in to space was a captured v2 launched in 1946. a german rocket, launched from the u.s.the first satellite was sputnik 1, launched by the soviet union.equating "russia" with "the soviet union" is sloppy and and inaccurate (and insulting, to boot). if you mean russia, say so. if you mean the now-defunct union of soviet socialist republics, say so.</blockquote>