the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
SputnikSo they knew where sputnik was.
Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.
The dog, Laika, died due to temperature increase.
No THe series of satellites sharing the name Sputnik were launched by the Russiansm the Soviet Union.
Because it was engineered well enough for its task.
Mainly to see if things could be launched into space and work there
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.
Mainly to see if things could be launched into space and work there
sputnik
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
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.
Sputnik did not use a microprocessor.
The USSR built the Sputnik.
The USSR built the Sputnik.
It made us get focused and made us work harder to get into space.
Doesn't work like that, a satellite can't orbit one country. It can stay in geostationary orbit over some, but that's it. Sputnik 1 orbited the whole Earth.