About the size of a basketball
About the size of a compact car
About the size of a school bus
About the size of a grapefruit
2006-10-04 09:17:25 · 10 answers · asked by cbz-wif3y-fa-lif3y 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
There were actually 41 Sputniks in the Sputnik Program, ranging in size from the size of a basketball to the size of a compact car. The delivery rocket uses to get the Sputniks into earth orbit the R-7 launch vehicle was more the size of a school bus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik
2006-10-04 09:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by David P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik 1 was 58 cm in diameter or 1.9 feet from each edge, that sounds like a basketball to me.
Sputkink 2 was a 4 meter high cone-shaped capsule with a base diameter of 2 meters.
Sputnik 40 was a 1/4 scale model of Sputnik 1 l"aunched from the Mir space station on 3 November 1997 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1. Its appearance resembled Sputnik I. Its batteries expired on 29 December 1997 and the VHF transmitter fell silent."
According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
"The satellite weighed about 83 kg (184 pounds). The Sputnik 1 satellite was a 58.0 cm-diameter aluminum sphere that carried four whip-like antennas that were 2.4-2.9 m long. The antennas looked like long "whiskers" pointing to one side. It had two radio transmitters (20 and 40 MHz) and is believed to have orbited Earth at a height of about 250 km (150 miles)."
According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_2
"Sputnik 2 (Russian: Спутник-2, Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on November 3, 1957, and the first to carry a living animal - a dog. It was a 4 meter high cone-shaped capsule with a base diameter of 2 meters."
The Sputnik series was a successful program with a pretty long history. Sputnik 2 and beyond could easily contain a nuclear weapon and its guidance equipment, which is what made it such a great threat to the United States.
2006-10-04 09:30:03 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The size of a basketball, weighed 183 pounds, and took 98 minutes to orbit the earth on an elliptical orbit.
2006-10-04 09:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik-1 was about 184 pounds and 23 inches in diameter so none of the above.
Which Sputnik are you referring to?
2006-10-04 09:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ms. Roberts 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a little larger than the size of a Basketball.
2006-10-04 09:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by wo5m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Size of a basketball.
Fastweb?
2006-10-04 09:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by LM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my understanding .. about the size of a compact car. Good Luck ! :)
2006-10-04 09:19:17 · answer #7 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
size of the basketball
i just did the fastweb OKTOBER test and got it correct
2006-10-04 16:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by outrider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basketball. about.
2006-10-04 09:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by pepperj1955 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bigger than a pizza.
2006-10-04 09:25:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋