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Sputnik with its puppy dog passenger( Laika ) was launched in October 1957, and remained in orbit until early 1958, when it reentered EarthÂ’s atmosphere and burned up
Sputnik 1 was in orbit for 3 months, completing 1440 orbits.
Sputnik 2, Laika's flight, was in orbit for 162 days. There were other missions, but these two, especially Sputnik 1, were the ones to capture the world's - especially the US'- attention.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 16y agoSputnik with its puppy dog passenger( Laika ) was launched in October 1957, and remained in orbit until early 1958, when it reentered Earth?s atmosphere and burned up
Sputnik 1 was in orbit for 3 months, completing 1440 orbits.
Sputnik 2, Laika's flight, was in orbit for 162 days. There were other missions, but these two, especially Sputnik 1, were the ones to capture the world's - especially the US'- attention.
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∙ 10y agoSputnik 1 traveled at a speed of 18000 mph, completing one orbit of the Earth every 96.2 minutes.
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∙ 14y agoSputnik was launched in 1957 and is no longer in orbit. The several earliest successful artificial satellites all had orbital periods of about 90 minutes.
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∙ 10y agoSputnik was traveling at roughly 18,000 mph (29000 kph), completing an orbit every 96.2 minutes during its four-month lifespan (Oct. '57 to Jan. '58).
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∙ 14y agoRoughly once every 88 minutes, as long as it remained in orbit.
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∙ 16y agoSputnik 1 was in orbit for three months.
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∙ 14y agoit takes about 27.3 days
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∙ 11y ago1957 october 4
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∙ 14y ago90 Minutes.
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How fast did sputnik 1 go?
The orbit of Sputnik I (first artificial satellite) was highly elliptical, ranging from 223 to 939 kilometres (133 to 533 miles) above the Earth. It orbited for almost exactly 3 months, completing 1440 orbits before burning up on reentry on January 4, 1958.
What happened to Sputnik after it was out of space?
Satellites in low orbit are affected by drag from the very top layer of the atmosphere. This drag eventually slows them down, which brings them in contact with denser layers of atmosphere, which slows them down and brings them down even more. Eventually, they burn up by the heat from rushing real fast through the air.
What is the least known fact about the earth?
How fast a person is moving, while standing still, on the surface of the Earth.
Why cant you see the earth spinning from space?
We can't feel the earth spinning, yet it is moving fast. The size of the earth is so big it doesn't look like it's spinning. Remember it takes around 24 hours to spin once.
Will the earth erupt?
No, the Earth will not fall into the sun because it is moving fast enough around it. Imagine a weight on the end of a string like a conker, with the weight being the earth, and where you hold the string being the sun. If you swing it around fast enough, the weight spins in circles and does not go near your hand, but if you swing it slowly, the weight will fall in. So because the earth is spinning fast enough around the sun, it does not fall in.
How long it would take to reach the moon?
It depends on how fast you are traveling, Apollo astronauts orbited the moon for three days,then landed on the surface the fourth day.
How fast did sputnik 1 go?
The orbit of Sputnik I (first artificial satellite) was highly elliptical, ranging from 223 to 939 kilometres (133 to 533 miles) above the Earth. It orbited for almost exactly 3 months, completing 1440 orbits before burning up on reentry on January 4, 1958.
How fast can a satellite go in one complete orbit around the earth?
Sputnik orbited the earth about every 96 minutes. Yuri Gagarin managed the same. What is the speed relative to the earth? Earth's radius is about 4000 miles. If you do the math, you should get a velocity of about 18,000 miles per hour. Higher satellites orbit slower. A geosynchronous satellite (around 22,000 miles up) is stationary with respect to earth's surface. The moon, earth's natural satellite, orbits once every 27.3 days.
How fast is sputnik and how long is its orbit?
The Sputnik traveled at 18,000 miles per hour (29,000 kilometers), its orbit around the Earth each time took 92.6 minutes, and its actual orbit was 3 months.
Global Positioning System signals can tell you what?
Where you are and how fast you are traveling.
How fast is the space shuttle traveling in miles around the earth in 30 minutes?
About 8,750 miles.
Why do the satellite not fall while revolving around the earth?
They do fall. But they're traveling fast enough so that the surface of the Earth falls away from them as fast as they are falling. Same thing that keeps the Earth from falling into the sun.
Why does the light from the sun take so long to reach earth when the light is traveling so fast?
light takes approximately 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth. even though it is traveling extremely fast, the earth is about 93million miles away from the sun, so if you think about it 8 minutes is pretty quick
How fast is the space shuttle traveling as it orbits the Earth?
Answer The speed in orbit is around 17500 miles an hour.
How fast would you have to go to circle the earth in 2 minutes?
It would depend on how high up you were and what direction you are traveling.
How many days does it take to get to the sun from Earth?
It is about 93 million miles to the sun from the earth. To answer your question you would just need to know how fast the vehicle was traveling to get the answer.
What was the fast satellite that went into space and wot was it called?
Sputnik, USSR, 57.
