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"
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Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
NASA didn't even exist when the Russians put the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into space
u mean Sputnik and no its the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit and was launched by the Russians on October 4 1957.
Russians
Sputnik-1 was the first satellite in space made by the Russians, it was launched 4th October 1957.
1957 by the russians
The first human-made spacecraft, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. It was the world's first artificial satellite to be put into orbit around Earth, marking the beginning of the space age.
He was the first dog launched into space by the Russians.
The first rockets that carried man into space were made by the Russian's in 1961. The USA didn't get a man into space until 1964 but beat the Russians to the moon in 1969.
A. Russians
The name of the first satellite was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The Russians started the Space Race by launching Sputnik the first satellite, which then provoked fear in the Americans to begin development of their own satellites.