The first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik".
It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at
the time ... on October 4, 1957.
The first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik". It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at the time ... on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik I was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik-1, launched October 4, 1957. That wasn't the first attempt, but it was the first man-made object to be successfully launched and placed in earth-orbit.
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
A new chapter in US space flight began in July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket, Bumper 2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created on October 1, 1958.Other notable first flights include the following:Jan 1958 - US launched its first Earth satellite, Explorer 1Dec 1958 - US launched the first communications satellite SCORE into space.April 1960 - US launched the first weather satellite, TIROS-1
After several failures by both the USA and the USSR, the first successfulartificial satellite was launched from the USSR in October, 1957.
The USSR launched Sputnik I, the first successful artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957.
The first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik". It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at the time ... on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik I was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
The first commercial satellite television service launched in the United States in 1962. The first satellite TV signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite and was broadcast over North America.
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by the USSR (Russia) in 1957. Following its launch on October 4, Russia launched Sputnik 2 on November 3. Sputnik 3 was not launched until May, 1958 following the US Explorer and Vanguard satellites in January and March.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president during the time that the U.S. launched its Explorer 1 satellite, the following year after the Soviets launched their Sputnik-I in 1957.
The objects built and launched by countries are the ones called "artificial" satellites.The first one was launched by the USSR in 1957.There is only one REAL earth satellite . . . the moon. There is no historical record of when it first appeared.It has been there longer than there have been sentient creatures on earth to notice it.
Sputnik-1, launched October 4, 1957. That wasn't the first attempt, but it was the first man-made object to be successfully launched and placed in earth-orbit.
The first successful earth-orbiting artificial satellite was launched from the USSR in October 1957. Once it had achieved orbit, its name was announced to the world as "Sputnik-1".
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
"Sputnik-1" was launched on October 4, 1957, from the USSR (Russia). That wasn't the first attempt, but it was the first one that successfully achieved orbit and stayed up there for a while.