Sputnik-1, launched October 4, 1957.
That wasn't the first attempt, but it was the first man-made object
to be successfully launched and placed in earth-orbit.
1957
From memory - 1957.
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.
The first rockets to actually reach "space" were the ballistic missiles of World war II Germany, the A4, known popularly as the V-2, in 1942. The first orbiting Earth satellite was the USSR's (Russian) Sputnik in 1957.
Sputnik I was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
The USSR launched Sputnik I, the first successful artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957.
It was named "Sputnik-1", and the year was 1957, not 1857.
The first successful earth-orbiting artificial satellite was launched from the USSR in October 1957. Once it had achieved orbit, its name was announced to the world as "Sputnik-1".
Explorer I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958.
the year 1815
Mir (Мир) was the first Russian space station. The word means Peace, World or Society. It was was operational from 1986 to 2001.
1962
1957
From memory - 1957.
The first commercial satellite television service launched in the United States in 1962. The first satellite TV signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite and was broadcast over North America.
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.
The first rockets to actually reach "space" were the ballistic missiles of World war II Germany, the A4, known popularly as the V-2, in 1942. The first orbiting Earth satellite was the USSR's (Russian) Sputnik in 1957.