The first artificial satellite was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union on 4 october 1957 under the sputnik program with sergei korolev as chief designer.
Launching of first artificial satellite.
Sputnik 1 helped to identify the density of high atmospheric layers through measurement of its orbital change and provided data on radio signal distribution in the ionosphere.
On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i.
Space effort into high gear.
The soviet union rocketed sputnik into space on oct.
It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere.
The soviet union successfully launched the sputnik 1 satellite on oct.
This was the first human made satellite.
On october 4 1957 the soviet union stunned everyone by launching the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1.
Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space.
Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.
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.
And the soviet union.
4 1957 surprising the world and kicking off the space race.
This was the first artificial satellite any nation sent out of the earth.
Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
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.
It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s.
Sputnik launched the soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.
No one who was alive at that time can forget the electricity of the moment when humans first lofted a satellite into orbit.
The launch revealed only after it was a success stunned.
The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for.
It orbited earth in a elliptical orbit taking 96 2 minutes to complete one revolution.
The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
