Soviet Union Satellite 1957

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.
Soviet union satellite 1957. 4 1957 the soviet union launched sputnik 1 the satellite that started the space race. With a single shot the soviet union not only launched the first artificial satellite but also officially inaugurated a space race with the united states. The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before.
The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the united states who had hoped that the united states would accomplish this scientific advancement first. Sputnik and the dawn of the space age. The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for satellite was. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
26 september soviet submarine m 256 sinks after one of its diesel engines explodes. 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. Laika part siberian husky lived as a stray on the moscow streets before being. 4 october sputnik 1 the first artificial earth satellite is launched.
History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. In the russian language satellite translates to sputnik and hence the name. The launch of sputnik 1957. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite launched was a 83 6 kg 184 pound capsule. On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i. 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. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite.
The soviet union launches the first animal into space a dog name laika aboard the sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik sometimes called sputnik 1. Sputnik 1 earth s first artificial satellite in photos sputnik 1 was the first human made object. After the second world war was over the united states and.
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