Launching Of First Artificial Satellite

The soviet union successfully launched the sputnik 1 satellite on oct.

Launching of first artificial satellite.

The launch revealed only after it was a success stunned. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957. It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s. 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.

Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. Sputnik launched the soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space. The first artificial satellite sputnik 1 was launched successfully by the soviet union on october 4 1957.

The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for. This was the first artificial satellite any nation sent out of the earth. 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. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere.

History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. Space effort into high gear. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. It orbited earth in a elliptical orbit taking 96 2 minutes to complete one revolution.

The soviet union rocketed sputnik into space on oct. Sputnik 1 was only 58 cm 23 inches in diameter with four antennas sending low frequency radio signals at regular intervals. 4 1957 surprising the world and kicking off the space race. This was the first human made satellite.

Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. 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. Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s. On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i.

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