- Sputnik 1 - Wikipedia
Sputnik 1 ( ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk , Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program
- Sputnik | Satellites, History, Facts | Britannica
Sputnik 1 (launched October 4, 1957) was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the ‘space race’ between the U S and the Soviet Union Sputnik 2 carried the dog Laika, the first living creature in space
- Sputnik - NASA
Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm or 22 8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83 6 kg or 183 9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path
- Sputnik launched | October 4, 1957 | HISTORY
The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of , the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957 The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow
- The Worlds First Artificial Satellite - ThoughtCo
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 The launch of Sputnik 1 sparked a new era of space exploration and competition with the U S
- USSR Launches Sputnik - Education
On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth The satellite, an 85-kilogram (187-pound) metal sphere the size of a basketball, was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth at 29,000 kilometers per hour (18,000 miles per hour) for three months
- NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union
- Sputnik: Space Race and the Launch of the Worlds First Satelite
Sputnik was the world’s first artificial satellite to orbit Earth Launched on October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union, Sputnik marked the beginning of the space age and the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States
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