Oct 4, 2011 · On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit. Thus, began the space age. The successful launch shocked the ...

Sputnik 1. NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1957-001B. Description. The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit ...

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It orbited for three weeks before its  ... Sputnik crisis · Sputnik 2 · List of spacecraft called Sputnik · Rocket

Oct 4, 2020 · The Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 satellite took to the skies on Oct. 4, 1957, launching the space age and the Cold War space race. Here are a few ...

Sputnik, a series of three Soviet artificial satellites. Sputnik 1 (launched October 4 , 1957) was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the 'space race' ...

Nov 15, 2018 · On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, which rose up above Earth's atmosphere and entered orbit around our planet, ...

Sputnik 1 · The Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite-Sputnik 1- aboard an R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile on October 4, 1957. · About.

Oct 4, 2017 · On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent the beach ball-sized satellite, Sputnik 1 into space ...Duration: 2:06 Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Oct 3, 2017 · The illustrated postcard below celebrated the launch of both Sputnik I and Sputnik II, which on 3 November 1957 carried Soviet space dog into ...

But it was not ready in time, so Korolev hurriedly developed Sputnik 1 as a replacement. It became the first artificial satellite of the earth. Sputnik 1 had 1 watt of ...