Geocoin Club October 2007 Geocoin LUCKYSTRIKE1'S Sputnik Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Origin:
United States
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This geocoin would like to travel the world for a few years, then come back to where it started in Albuquerque N.M. eventually. Please don't pocket this beautiful geocoin so others can enjoy!!

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LUCKYSTRIKE1'S OCT. 2007 SPUTNIC GEOCOIN (FRONT)

The coin is a reminder that this October’s not just about costumes and sugar and pranks – it’s also the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite to be placed into geocentric orbit around Earth.
The great grandaddy of the satellites we all love and adore and which enables our multi-faceted hobby.

The original satellite transmitted for 22 days and finally fell back to earth on January 4, 1958. I know your coin will outlast the original, but I doubt anyone’s coin will ever meet the 37 million miles Sputnik-1 traveled in its scant 3 months in orbit. Beat that!!

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Tracking History (6284.2mi) View Map

Dropped Off 3/17/2011 muzicmonsta placed it in Round The Teys 13 Eastern England, United Kingdom - 11.89 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/26/2009 muzicmonsta retrieved it from Twin Gates and Waterway Eastern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Great story to this one will keep 4 a while and place some where asap.the willy midgets thought it was pirates treasure now want to get home and tell mum&dad.
Dropped Off 8/16/2009 TottyAndFatbloke placed it in Twin Gates and Waterway Eastern England, United Kingdom - 4,749.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/4/2009 TottyAndFatbloke retrieved it from World Cache (United Kingdom) Eastern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Picked this one up from the world cache in Cambridge, UK even though I've still got stages left to help my team mates. It's a lovely coin and guess it has been languishing long enough. Did you know it was just 2km from the Greenwich Observatory Cambridge.

We'll try and find a nice spot for it this weekend if I don't get to take it with me somewhere nice on business this week.
Discovered It 5/22/2009 Ivanhoe & the Monkees discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered this when visiting World cache UK, with my American team mate Vorcity.
Dropped Off 5/22/2009 vorticity placed it in World Cache (United Kingdom) Eastern England, United Kingdom - 4,703.65 miles  Visit Log
  • 2006-05-22 Coin Drop
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/19/2009 vorticity retrieved it from Woodland Park Travel Bug Hotel Colorado   Visit Log

Going to England On Friday. Vort.
Dropped Off 5/19/2009 janeandscout placed it in Woodland Park Travel Bug Hotel Colorado - 100.58 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 4/28/2009 Sportslane discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered while chatting with Vort on my new TB.
Thanks Vort, Nice collection of TB!!
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/14/2009 janeandscout grabbed it   Visit Log

Going to England with this in May. Vort.
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