No, it was far too crude to have any value as a spy satellite. Basically it was an experiment to see if things could be launched into orbit and made to function there.
India has the best spy satellite...... Most people do not know this..........
They thought it was a Russian spy satellite
The first artificial satellite in space was called the Sputnik. The Sputnik satellite was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. It belonged to the Soviet Union.
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
Sputnik was an early Russian space satellite.
No one was onboard Sputnik, it was an unmanned satellite.
Sputnik-2
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
The first satellite was 'Sputnik'
The Sputnik-1 satellite orbitted at approximately 577.1 km above the surface of the Earth.
The first satellite in orbit was launched by the Russians on October 4, 1957. The satellite was Sputnik I, and it spurred the USA to launch their own satellite, Explorer I, on January 31, 1958.Sputnik 1
The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was a Soviet satellite named Sputnik I. It was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957, followed by Sputnik 2 in November.