The Former Soviet Union, Also known as The USSR ( Union of Soviet Socialist Republics )
Now known as The Russian Federation.
The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)
First satellite, man in space, animal in orbit and spacewalk. Also the first woman in space, the first robot on the moon, the first rover on another celestial body and the first space station.
First, a petition is formed by signatures then, it is placed on the ballot, and finally it is voted on by the citizens in that state, or country.
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USA flew a rhesus monkey into space on June 11, 1948. Russian Sputnik 1 was the first satellite into space, on 4 October 1957.
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics( casually known a Russia.
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
The first launch that successfully placed an artificial satellite in earth orbit was conducted by the USSR (Soviet Union) in October, 1957. That artificial satellite was known as Sputnik I.
Explorer 1 (1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the US.
Russia sent a dog called Laika into space on 3 November 1957 (which was the first ever satellite, which first flew on October 4 1957).
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 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.
As far as was publicly announced, the first artificial satellite successfully placed into earth orbit ... the first one that stayed up long enough to actually make some orbits around the earth ... was the "Sputnik-I", launched in October of 1957 from the USSR (Russia).