Sputnik 1 was never designed to land, approximately 3 months after it was launched it's orbit had decayed enough, that on the 4th January 1958 it burnt up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere
Sputnik was the "family name" for a series of satellites, so there never was a satellite named only Sputnik. They all had numbers with Sputnik 1 being the first.
It didn't First off, sputnik was a "family name" for a series of satellites, but none that went to the Moon. Sputnik only orbited the earth.
Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 were artificial satellites that traveled around the Earth. People thought that Sputnik 1 was spying on them, but all it did was transmit a simple tracking signal for 3 weeks.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
why was the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 so significant?
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October 1957.
No Sputnik did not land, It burned up in the atmosphere.
Sputnik did not launch from the moon, and it did not land on the moon.
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. The booster used by it had been used in August of that year to launch a long range missile.
The Russians launched Sputnik 1 on the 4th October 1957, 7:28 PM.
It means it was the first sputnik.
The Explorer 1 was launched on January 31,1958 one year after the Sputnik 1,and Sputnik 11
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
Sputnik was the "family name" for a series of satellites, so there never was a satellite named only Sputnik. They all had numbers with Sputnik 1 being the first.
1957
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
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