Message from Sputnik

On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artifical satellite into a low earth orbit. Sputnik (Простейший Спутник-1) travelled at 29,000 kilometers (18,000 mi) per hour, taking 96.2 minutes to complete an orbit, and emitted radio signals at 20.005 and 40.002 MHz which were monitored by amateur radio operators throughout the world.

The signals continued for 22 days until the transmitter batteries ran out on 26 October 1957. What did it have to say before its batteries failed?  What message did it send back to the people of earth?




Giving credit where credit is due, I used the following music samples from http://www.freesound.org/ :

By simondsouza
on the one 8 beat Dm 90.wav

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=665
too damn funky 16 beat Dm 90.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=670
singin it 8 beat Dm 90.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=666
sticky 8 beat Dm 90.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=668
calling out longer 12 beat Dm 90.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=661
asap 8 beat Dm 90.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=657

By suonho
suonho_ScaryScape_01.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=9695

By SpeedY
F#min--(Low-D).wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=8495
Bmin--(Mid-G).wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=8461

By Benboncan
Clang.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=92987

By ERH
pulsar.wav
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=30617