Sputnik-1 model goes into orbit at New York auction selling at 15 times estimate
A full-scale test model of the satellite Sputnik-1 sold at Bonhams New York yesterday for $220,000 (£167,012), outstripping a $10,000-15,000 estimate.
Sputnik-1 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and was the first artificial satellite to orbit t…