Sputnik had an elliptical orbit. At it farthest distance from the surface of Earth it was 583 miles. At the nearest to the surface it was 134 miles.
Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.
It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.
Sputnik was a series of satellites built and launched by the then Soviet union. Sputnik 1 and 2 became the first two man made objects to attain orbit around the Earth.
Sputnik was a family name for a series of satellites, most of which burned up during reentry after some time in orbit.
Remote sensing.
The Sputnik-1 satellite orbitted at approximately 577.1 km above the surface of the Earth.
Yes, Sputnik was considered a success as it was the first artificial satellite to be successfully launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. It marked the beginning of the space age and the start of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Sputnik was launched into a low-Earth orbit. Sputnik was launched By the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. it weighed about 98 pounds and took 90 minutes to orbit earth. when Sputnik was launched the Space Race began.
The sky is the Earth's atmosphere.It is not above you, you are in it.
Sputnik I completed 1,440 orbits before falling back to earth.
because "sputnik" means "fellow traveler of earth"
It was in orbit around Earth.
Russian's Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
244 MILES
about 340km above the earth
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