The site where, at least a part of the satellite came down to earth after reentry is in the middle of a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There is a marker on the sidewalk and a circle in the middle of the street where a piece of it came down. They even have a festival every September. I was back in Wisconsin in August and saw it mentioned on roadsideamerica.com so had to stop by.

Tom, N5HYP

-----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:21:24 -0700 From: Richard Tejera Saguaroastro@cox.net To: wa7dxz wa7dxz@aol.com, 'AMSAT' amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sputnik Message-ID: ealmft2oe4cmvj1uy2kuposh.1538785284342@email.android.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

According to Wikipedia:

Last contact26 October 1957[4]Decay date4 January 1958

Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org

On October 4, 2018, at 22:23, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the air?Bobwa7dxz

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