Because america and Russia were 'competing' to see who could put the first man-made object into space. Russia launched Sputnik 1 - beating the americans.
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 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?
Big, strong rockets.
It means it was the first sputnik.
Because america and Russia were 'competing' to see who could put the first man-made object into space. Russia launched Sputnik 1 - beating the americans.
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.
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.
Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
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.
The only known contents of Sputnik 1 are Electronics and some batteries.
Only things the sputnik 1 is known to have contained are Electronics and batteries.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times