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.
Russia put the first satellite into space. The satellite's name is sputnik 1
I believe that russia was the first country to do so.
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IRAN
USA flew a rhesus monkey into space on June 11, 1948. Russian Sputnik 1 was the first satellite into space, on 4 October 1957.
USA but Russia was the first to make a satellite.
The Soviet Union- it was called Sputnik.
The USSR or Russia. They had the first satellite, the first animal in space, the first manned space flight, and the first space walk. But we beat them to the moon.
The first country to launch a satellite into space was Russia, under the Soviet Union. The satellite was 'Sputnik 1'. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It's launch sparked a crisis within the US which precipitated the space race during the Cold War.
The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.
USSR Soviet Union
Russia (Then known as USSR ) was the first to put it's satellite (called "Sputnik") into orbit. The date was 4 October 1957. "Explorer 1" was the United States' first artificial satellite and was launched on January 31, 1958