That would be the U.S.S.R. otherwise known as the Soviet Union, which placed the first satellite (Sputnik 1) into orbit on October 4, 1957, and the first man (Yuri Gagarin) into space on April 12, 1961. The Soviets also placed the first woman in space. They had a lot of firsts, but the United States had the first rendezvous in space, the first docking in space, the first men to the moon and the first men to land on the moon.
I believe that russia was the first country to do so.
The Soviet Union was the first country to put a satellite in space on October 4, 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 1.
North Korea launched its first satellite into space in 2009.
Russia
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.
USA flew a rhesus monkey into space on June 11, 1948. Russian Sputnik 1 was the first satellite into space, on 4 October 1957.
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to send an artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space in 1957.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
USA but Russia was the first to make a satellite.
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 U.S.S.R was the first country to put a spaceship in space, it was called Sputnik. It was in the year 1957.
The Soviet Union was the first country to reach space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.