("satellite") The first artificial Earth satellite, orbited by the Soviet Union on October 7, 1957, using Korolev's R-7 rocket.
The first spacecraft and satellite ever launched.
The first earth-orbited satellite by mankind. It was launched and placed into space around Earth by the Soviet Russians on October 12, 1957.
The Soviet Sputnik space missions were the first to orbit the Earth. The word Sputnik means "Traveling Companion" in Russian. The first Sputnik mission was launched on on October 4, 1957; this was Earth's first artificial satellite. Sputnik 1 was about the size of a basketball, weighing roughly 183 pounds. It was sent into an elliptical orbit around the Earth, revolving in about 98 minutes. Sputnik 2 was launched on November 3, 1957 with the dog Laika aboard. Sputnik 3 failed on February 3, 1958. The last Sputnik mission, Sputnik 3 was successfully re-launched on May 15, 1958 and remained in orbit for 2 years.
The first man-made satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
First unmanned spacecraft in 1957; sent up during Khrushchev's government; initiated space race with the United States. (p. 905)
First artificial satellite put in orbit around the Earth by the Soviets in 1957. The launch of the Earth’s first “artificial moon†shocked the free world, setting in motion events that resulted in the creation of NASA and the race to the Moon.
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made earth satellite, "Sputnik." It was a tremendous technological achievement and stimulated an embarrassed and frightened United States to redouble its efforts to win the "space race."
Sputnik or MDR Sputnik is a youth-oriented German radio station, and is part of Leipzig-based public broadcaster MDR. The station, which plays primarily pop and rock music, is the successor to the East German youth station DT64, founded in 1964. It was given its present name on May 1, 1993, following German reunification in 1990; the new name, inspired by the Soviet Sputnik satellite, was the suggestion of Saxon prime minister Kurt Biedenkopf.