Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, sent into orbit by Russia. The long-retired Sputnik rocket that was used to lift off the Sputnik 1, 2, and 3 payloads was an unmanned orbital carrier rocket (8K71PS) from the R-7 family of rockets, similar to America's (also retired) Vanguard and Juno I rockets.
The first unmanned rocket to fly in space was the Russian Sputnik.
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
October 4, 1957: the Sputnik satellite
The first rocket to reach space was the German V2 in the 1940s. The first spacecraft to achieve orbit was the Soviet Sputnik, launched in 1957.
The first successful US satellite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the USSR's Sputnik I and 3 months after Sputnik 2.
The rocket that sent Sputnik 1 into space is the SPUTNIK - PS by the former Soviet Union(now Russia).
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The first Russian rocket was called Sputnik. Sputnik was sent in to space in the year 1957 and returned within 92 days.
The Explorer but it wasnt a rocket, it was a satellite
Sputnik
The first Russian rocket launched into space was Sputnik on October 4, 1957. This began the space race between Russia and the United States. This caused a panic in the United States and the government called for a review of public education. Parts of Sputnik IV landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on 8th street, leading to concerns about space accidents.
The first unmanned rocket to fly in space was the Russian Sputnik.
Sputnik 1, 2 and 3 were all launched by the Sputnik rocket, a derivative of the R-7 Semyorka ICBM (NATO reporting name: SS-6 Sapwood).
Yuri Gagarin was launched from the U.S.S.R. in the Sputnik.
by launching Explorer 1 with a Jupiter C rocket
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
October 4, 1957: the Sputnik satellite