"Sputnik-1" was launched on October 4, 1957, from the USSR (Russia).
That wasn't the first attempt, but it was the first one that successfully
achieved orbit and stayed up there for a while.
The first satellite launched into space was the Sputnik I, but before that have you ever considered the fact that a satellite is any object that orbits a heavenly body? The VERY first satellite was in fact the moon. But the first MAN-MADE satellite was Sputnik I launched by USSR.
The very first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The name of the satellite was "Sputnik".
The first artificial satellite was made by the USSR. It was launched in 1957 and named Sputnik.The Russians put the first satellite, Sputnik, into orbit. It was during the cold war, and it felt very odd knowing that 'something' made by Russia was floating around up there.
Atmospheric studies satellites were some of the very first satellites launched into space. They generally have pretty low Earth orbits. they are used to study the Earth'satmosphere. Alouette, the first satellite launched by Canada, was also the world's first atmospheric studies satellite. The purpose of Alouette was to study the Earth's ionosphere (a charged layer of the atmosphere). With the help of Atmospheric Studies Satellite Canadian scientists were trying to learn more about the aurora borealis, or northern lights - disturbances of the ionosphere in the atmosphere which create brilliant lights in the northern skies at night, but disturb radio communications.
First weather satellite is Vanguard 2 First successful weather satellite is TIROS-1 launched by NASA This cannot be attributed to any single person, but to a very large group of scientists and engineers at NASA (and around the same time in Russia as well).
The Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, so the person who discovered it was probably Ugghhh, the First Caveman. Artificial satellites weren't developed until the 1950's, and so the "discoverer" was one of the Soviet engineers who launched the first Sputnik, the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Other planets have their own satellites. Galileo is credited as discovering the four largest satellites of Jupiter in January, 1610, when he pointed his new telescope at Jupiter.
The first satellite to be visible was the first satellite in orbit. Sputnik 1 was visible (barely) while its last stage booster was very visible. Early satellites were low altitude and there was less competition from street and city lighting in those days.
The Moon is Earth's only significant natural satellite. There may be very small bodies orbiting Earth as well... by "very small" I mean "a few meters or less". These would be hard to detect. If you're talking about objects like Cruithne, it's not really a satellite of Earth.
The very first satellite put into orbit was the Russian satellite Sputnik put into orbit on October 4th, 1957.
The Moonit is a satellite that is very huge. But not huge enough for blubber nuggets or A.K. u know who it is
As a noun: The rocket placed the satellite into a high Earth orbit. As a verb: The satellite had to travel very fast to orbit the Earth.
Moon orbit Earth-- Satellite. It big. Very Big. Smaller Earth. Bigger Elephant.