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2007-01-21 14:06:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Sputnik was the first man made satelitte launched to orbit earth, it was launched by the Russians in 1957. Technically this was Sputnik I, the Sputnik program consisted of 5 satelite launches and ended in 1960 when it was replaced by other Russian space programs.
2007-01-21 14:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by b_plenge 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik is Russian for fellow traveller. It's the name they gave the world's first artificial satellite which they launched in 1957. It was spherical, a little bit bigger than a soccer ball, with six equidistant radio aerials sticking out. It was in a low Earth orbit and took about 90 minutes for an orbit. It transmitted a beeeep everythree seconds or so on 20.0005 MHz to prove it was there.
2007-01-21 14:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik was the first man-made satellite ever placed into orbit. It was launched on October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union.
2007-01-21 14:13:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sputnik is a Russian-made spacecraft circa 1960's.
2007-01-21 14:20:00 · answer #4 · answered by Arcana I 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first satellite shot into Earth's orbit. It was Russian...this started the Space Race between the U.S. and Russia.
I was a little girl when it went up (5 yrs old) and I had a little kitten that I named Sputnik after the satellite. My little kitten died . . . but I have never forgotten either the kitten or the name of the first space satellite!
2007-01-21 14:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by CAROL P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a good link at the end. It means "fellow traveller". Sputnik 2 had the dog Laika and was nicknamed (in the US press) as "Muttnik". The first US attempts using the Vanguard missle were all failures, being referred to as "kaputnik".
2007-01-21 14:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was the first man-made satellite. Built by the Russkys and launched in the 1957.
2007-01-21 14:10:25 · answer #7 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was the name of the first satillite launched into space, by the Soviet Union.
2007-01-21 14:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by Garth C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first satellite to be launched into space. It was done by Soviet Union. It just sent a signel "Beep". that's all
2007-01-22 05:28:50 · answer #9 · answered by mostly_forfun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋