The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
Launching of first artificial satellite.
The soviet union successfully launched the sputnik 1 satellite on oct.
It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s.
Space effort into high gear.
It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere.
The launch revealed only after it was a success stunned.
Sputnik 1 was only 58 cm 23 inches in diameter with four antennas sending low frequency radio signals at regular intervals.
This was the first artificial satellite any nation sent out of the earth.
Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space.
And the soviet union.
Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite.
On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i.
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.
This was the first human made 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.
It orbited earth in a elliptical orbit taking 96 2 minutes to complete one revolution.
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.
On october 4 1957 the soviet union stunned everyone by launching the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1.
Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s.
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.
The soviet union rocketed sputnik into space on oct.
Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
4 1957 surprising the world and kicking off the space race.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
No one who was alive at that time can forget the electricity of the moment when humans first lofted a satellite into orbit.
