The USSR was the first to successfully launch an artificial satellite on October 4th 1957. It was called Sputnik 1.
That is called a geosynchronous orbit.
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The first satellite (Sputnik I) was launched by the USSR (Russia) to demonstrate that they could launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
Its a centripetal force, whose origin/source is gravitation.
The first Russian satellite, Sputnik 1, orbited the Earth on October 4, 1957. It was the world's first artificial satellite to be launched into space.
Sputnik I, 1957
The Soviet Sputnik was the first artificial satellite of Earth. Sputnik was launched on October 4, 1957. The first U.S.A satellite was Explorer 1.
A Geostationary orbit - it means that the satellite will always stay above the same point on Earth. Hope that helps
Explorer 1 (1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the US.
The first satellite launched in the orbit of the Earth was the Sputnik 1. It was launched on 1957 by the Soviet Union.
voyager Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit the earth. It was proceeded by two Soviet Sputnik satellites.