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.
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik I, launched by the Soviet Union on the 4th of October 1957
The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union- it was called Sputnik.
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 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 first artificial satellite was Sputnik I, launched by the Soviet Union on the 4th of October 1957
Well, the Soviet Union put the first artificial satellite into space, the first dog into space, and the first human into space.
USSR Soviet Union
Yes. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first satellite, on October the 4th 1957. The first US satellite was launched on January 31st 1958, and was called Explorer I.
When the Soviet Union entered the Space Race with the United States, they launched their first satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
In the late 1950s the Soviet Union appeared to be winning the Space Race. They launched the first earth satellite and put the first human, Yuri Gagarin, in space.