It was launched because of this reasonal point..................
Sputnik was put into orbit on October 4, 1957.
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Construction of Sputnik 1 began in 1957.
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The Russians launched Sputnik 1 on the 4th October 1957, 7:28 PM.
The first Sputnik launch took place on October 4, 1957. The 2nd on November 3, 1957.Hope this Helps:)
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October 1957.
That was Sputnik 1 launched 4. oktober 1957 I suppose the name was "Sputnik" and then later when they sendt the next one, they became "Sputnik 1" and "Sputnik 2" regards.
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In Russian, the word 'Sputnik' is translated to the English word 'Satellite'.The actual name of the SATELLITE was 'Vostok' or 'Vostok 3KA'.