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.
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.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space, a little less that a month after the Russians reached space
1957 by the russians
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in Space, he was a cosmonaut sent by the Russians.
He was the first dog launched into space by the Russians.
A. Russians
Well, Sputnik1 was the first satellite launched by the RUSSIANS!
a satellite called sputnik