Soviet Union Launched Sputnik Satellites

The soviet union launched sputnik 1 the first manmade object to orbit the earth on october 4 1957 to little fanfare.
Soviet union launched sputnik satellites. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before. It achieved an earth orbit with an apogee farthest point from earth of 940 km 584 miles and a perigee nearest point of 230 km 143 miles circling. History was made on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. The soviet union successfully launched the sputnik 1 satellite on oct.
After the second world war was over the united states and. 4 1957 surprising the world and kicking off the space race this was the first. Sputnik and the dawn of the space age. History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.
Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite launched was a 83 6 kg 184 pound capsule. 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. Artist s impression of sputnik 1 on this day in 1957 humans sent their first satellite into space. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
The world s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball and weighed only 183 pounds. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. Sputnik the first man made satellite launched 60 years ago today by the soviet union.
The former soviet union fueled the space race on this day in 1957 when it successfully launched the first artificial satellite named sputnik into the earth s orbit. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. Sputnik any of a series of three artificial earth satellites the first of whose launch by the soviet union on october 4 1957 inaugurated the space age. In fact the official soviet news agency tass didn t announce the.
Sputnik was the 9 11 of the day noted former astronaut mike mullane on the 50th anniversary of. Ullstein image via getty. Sputnik 1 named after the russian word for satellite was launched by the soviet union. In the russian language satellite translates to sputnik and hence the name.