1957 Soviet Union Satellite
Sputnik sometimes called sputnik 1.
1957 soviet union satellite. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. It achieved an earth orbit with an apogee farthest point from earth of 940 km 584 miles and a perigee nearest point of 230 km 143 miles circling. On 4 october 1957 the soviet union launched the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 since then about 8 900 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched. Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite launched was a 83 6 kg 184 pound capsule.
November the 3rd soviet antarctic expedition arrives in antarctica. The former soviet union fueled the space race on this day in 1957 when it successfully launched the first artificial satellite named sputnik into the earth s orbit. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. In the russian language satellite translates to sputnik and hence the name.
The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for satellite was. 4 october sputnik 1 the first artificial earth satellite is launched. 26 september soviet submarine m 256 sinks after one of its diesel engines explodes. Sputnik any of a series of three artificial earth satellites the first of whose launch by the soviet union on october 4 1957 inaugurated the space age.
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. 29 september kyshtym disaster. It was launched into a low altitude elliptical orbit by the soviet union on 4 october 1957 and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the sputnik program. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
Soviet union launches sputnik 1 satellite sputnik 1 was the world s first earth orbiting artificial satellite. With a single shot the soviet union not only launched the first artificial satellite but also officially inaugurated a space race with the united states. Sputnik and the dawn of the space age. After the second world war was over the united states and.
In the context of spaceflight a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit these objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as earth s moon. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before.