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Is 6 months as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)?

It's about two times as long as The First spaceflight (Sputnik)
The length of The First spaceflight (Sputnik) is about 3 months.
(a.k.a. Sputnik 1, a.k.a. Спутник-1, a.k.a. "Satellite-1", a.k.a. Простейший Спутник-1) (1957) (total time in orbit)
Launched from Kazakhstan in 1957, Sputnik was the first artificial satellite placed into orbit around Earth, where it remained for 3 months. During its voyage, it traveled about 70,000,000 km (43,495,983.46 mi), completing an orbit of the planet every 0.0022 months.
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