Sputnik 1 satellite model auctions for $269,000
A full-scale laboratory model of the first artificial satellite 'Sputnik 1', which was made by the Soviet Union, was recently auctioned for $269,000 at the Bonhams auction house in New York. The six-and-a-half feet tall, 45 kg model, whose estimated price was between $10,000 and $15,000, is still operational 59 years after the launch of Sputnik 1.