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What is the name of the first satellite to orbit earth?
Sputnik I was launched from the USSR on October 4, 1957.
What were the greatest developments of the cold war?
There were many! (cold war was 1945 - 1991 unofficially) includes rocketry: (sputnik) Nulear weaponry (Hydrogen bomb) Major military alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) Buildup of tension, smaller wars (Korean War, Suez Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis) Technological developments were to many to even begin with... Pacifism! (protests against war) 1960s movement, with the youth activism!
What effect did the cold war have on the American space program?
The Nuclear Arms race spurred by the Cold War led to the creation of the American Space Program, which included the notorious Apollo missions. The Soviet launch of Sputnik terrorized the American people who believed that Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth, would allow the Soviets to launch intercontinental missiles against the United States from the Soviet Union. This would invalidate the need to acquire foreign missile launch sites, which created international crises such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What event in 1957 marked the beginning of the cold war in space?
the soviet union launched the satellite sputnik l
What were the three crises of 1956?
The three crises of 1956 were the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian crisis and the Oil Crisis. The Suez crisis was a confrontation between Israel and Egypt.
Did the sputnik 1 cause a crisis in morale in the soviet union?
No
What did sputnik 1 lead to?
It started the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Where was sputnik created?
Russia The Soviet Union invented Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth. It was made in Russia and it was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites known as the Sputnik program. The unanticipated announcement of Sputnik 1's success precipitated the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited the Space Race during the Cold War.
Who is the 1st president of NASA?
Dwight Eisenhower. President Eisenhower created NASA in response to the Sputnik crisis with the space race against the Soviet Union
Why was there not a sputnik 4?
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
The Soviet Union kicked off the Space Race with the launching of .?
sputnik
Was sputnik manned?
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
Who one came first sputnik 1 or sputnik?
Sputnik was the "family name" for a series of satellites, so there never was a satellite named only Sputnik. They all had numbers with Sputnik 1 being the first.
Which microprocessor did sputnik use?
Sputnik did not use a microprocessor.
What country was the sputnik built?
The USSR built the Sputnik.
What country built the Sputnik?
The USSR built the Sputnik.
Is sputnik a sperm whale?
yes sputnik is very spermish
