The first successful artificial satellite was launched from the [former] USSR
on October 4, 1957 . There were several unsuccessful attempts before that,
by both the USSR and the USA.
Russia
The Soviet Union was the first country to put a satellite in space on October 4, 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 1.
The Soviet Union.
No. The USSR was.
USSR .
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.
Russia Yuri Gagarin
Russia to put a man in orbit US to put on the moon
The Mir was launched by the Soviet Union.
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 Russians put the first satellite into orbit named sputnik.
The USSR (Russia). Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first man in space on April 12, 1961.