It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.
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.
They were unmanned, although Sputnik 2 carried a dog into space.
NASA did not build Sputnik. Sputnik was a Russian satellite, not an American one.The Soviets have not released any information about how long it took to design and build the satellite.
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No Sputniks are still in orbit. When they were, the period of an orbit was about 88 minutes.
Sputnik 1 was in orbit for about three months, from October 4, 1957, to January 4, 1958.
It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. The booster used by it had been used in August of that year to launch a long range missile.
it took 98 minutes, it stayed in space for 6 monthsIf this helps it orbited 1440 times in 3 months.
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About a year.