Short answer: the Soviet Union launched three Sputnikmissions (Sputnik 1, 2 & 3) and Russia launched two Sputnik missions (Sputnik 40 & 41). The Soviet Union launched a further five Korabl Sputnik missions (Korabl Sputnik 1 to 5). All other Sputnik missions are the West's brainchild. The Soviet Union called the very first artificial satellite from October 4th 1957, Sputnik. Due to secrecy a lot of Soviet spacecraft were not publicly named and Western newspapers named different Soviet spacecraft Sputniks. When they reached high Sputnik numbers they realised that the Soviet Union already called their indefinite satellites for Cosmos.
The Vostok spacecraft were tested unmanned or with dogs and dummies (Ivan Ivanovic) as Korabl Sputniks (Sputnik ship) as Soviet designation. Sputnik number: -- Year: -- mission: * 1 - 1957 - First artificial satellite * 2 - 1957 - Space Dog Laika * 3 - 1958 - Van Allen Belt research * 4 - 1960 - dummy Vostok craft (Korabl Sputnik 1) * 5 - 1960 - 2 dogs in a Vostok craft (Korabl Sputnik 2) * 6 - 1960 - 2 dogs in a Vostok craft (Korabl Sputnik 3) * 7 - 1961 - failed venus probe * 8 - 1961 - Venera 1 venus probe * 9 - 1961 - a dog and Ivan Ivanovic(Korabl Sputnik 4) * 10 - 1961 - a dog and Ivan Ivanovic(Korabl Sputnik 5) * 11 - 1961 - Yuri Gargarin (Vostok 1) * 12 - 1961 - Gherman Titov (Vostok 2) * 13 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 3) * 14 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 4) * 15 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 5) * 16 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 6) * 17 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 7) * 18 - 1962 - scientific (Cosmos 8) * 19 - 1962 - failed venus probe * 20 - 1962 - failed venus probe * 21 - 1962 - failed venus probe * 22 - 1963 - failed mars probe * 23 - 1963 - Mars 1 mars probe * 24 - 1963 - failed mars probe * 25 - 1963 - failed lunar lander * 33 - unsure * 40 - 1997 - 1/3 scale of Sputnik 1 launched from the MIR space station * 41 - 1998 - another 40 anniversary Sputnik 1 copy
There were 6 original Sputnik missions. After that it gets a little complicated. There were attempts at Venus probes and fortieth anniversary Sputniks. Visit the related link below for these missions.
about 30. that's what my professor told me
Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to go into orbit, launched 4 October 1957.
There were 41 Sputniks. Details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik
Sputnik was launched into space on the 4th of October, 1957. Sputnik was also earth's first artificial satellite.
The dog, Laika, died due to temperature increase.
"Sputnik 1 burned up on January 4, 1958. It fell from orbit upon re-entering earth's atmosphere after traveling about 60 million km (37 million miles) and spending 3 months in orbit." That straight from Wikipedia. A link is provided.
The US didn't launch the Sputnik, any of them. The sputniks, with Sputnik 1 being the most famous, was launched by Soviet Union, the USSR. Or the Russians if you wish.Sputnik wasn't American it was Russian. It was launched Oct. 4, 1957. It weighed 184 pounds and a month later they sent a larger satellite in orbit that was 1120 pounds and it carried a dog. By Feb. 5, 1961 32 American satellites were in space.
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Sputniks Down was created in 1996.
Sputniks Down ended in 2003.
There was a series of sputniks, with different compoetry.
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Only 2 sputniks were sent into space:SPUTNIKS WERE THE ONLY SATELLITES THAT WERE ROUND AND VERY SMALL.1.Sputnik-12.Sputnik-2But the most amazing thing is that oh Sputnik-2, a dog named Laika was sent into space with food and water(For 14 days).It was the first travel to space ever done by an animal
No Sputniks are still in orbit. When they were, the period of an orbit was about 88 minutes.
There was a Swedish band called The Spotniks played instrumental music. Still going today!
No. All the sputniks were in fairly low-Earth orbits, and wouldn't have been able to get anywhere near the Moon.
No. First off, sputnik was a "family name" for a series of satellites, but none that lande. They burnt up during re-entry.
A nation that can launch something into orbit is a nation that can drop anything from orbit onto any other part of the world. Unless you trust the nation with orbital capacity, this can be a scary thought.
The dog, Laika, died due to temperature increase.