They orbited the earth, got information about earth's atmosphere, took the temperature and beeped. Same for II, except they had a dog in it!
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.
The second attempt to launch Sputnik 3 was successfully done on may 15 1958.
Russian's Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite.
Not as we know them today. Sputnik 1 sent a radio beep, but that was about it. It couldn't relay information as current communications satellites do.
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.
It means it was the first sputnik.
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1
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.
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
Sputnik was used for gathering data and information about space. It also led to the US/USSR space race. Seriously, Sputnik 1 sent out periodic radio beeps, that is ALL it did. It had no instruments for data collection of any kind! Most people think it was used for the USSR (the Soviet Union) to show other countries it was more technologically advanced than others.
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The only known contents of Sputnik 1 are Electronics and some batteries.
Only things the sputnik 1 is known to have contained are Electronics and batteries.