The Soviet Union invented Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth.
It was made in Russia and it was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites known as the Sputnik program. The unanticipated announcement of Sputnik 1's success precipitated the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited the Space Race during the Cold War.
Sputnik Caledonia was created in 2008.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik was created in 1982.
NASA
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
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.
Sputnik Engineering was created in 1991.
Sputnik Sweetheart was created in 1999.
Sputnik - magazine - was created in 1967.
Sputnik Caledonia was created in 2008.
FC Sputnik Kimry was created in 1992.
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil was created in 1934.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik was created in 1982.
NASA
It was the Russian with their Sputnik.
NASA created in 1958.
NASA
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.