Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.
The furthest man-made satellite from Earth is Voyager 1 - launched on the 5th of September 1977.
The moon. First man made Sputnik
It was the first human-made satellite, (launched from Russia on Oct. 4, 1957), to orbit the Earth. A space probe leaves the orbit of Earth and goes off into distant space. Sputnik only left Earth's orbit to burn up in the upper atmosphere on Jan. 4, 1958.
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The first satellite made and launched successfully from an Indian rocket was Rohini 3 launched in April 1983. Since then India has launched a number of sattelites both it's own and for other countries as well as designing and operating satellites launched by the European space agency.
The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.
Sputnik-1 was the first satellite in space made by the Russians, it was launched 4th October 1957.
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An artificial satellite.
The first satellite launched into space was the Sputnik I, but before that have you ever considered the fact that a satellite is any object that orbits a heavenly body? The VERY first satellite was in fact the moon. But the first MAN-MADE satellite was Sputnik I launched by USSR.
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The furthest man-made satellite from Earth is Voyager 1 - launched on the 5th of September 1977.
Sputnik 1 was the first man made satellite put into space. There were earlier attempts that failed. Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made object that stayed there, i.e. successfully achieved earth orbit.
Sputnik, October 1957 (Russian).
The Russians, putting Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957.
The first man made satellite was launched into space in 1957. It was put there by a consortium of Russian scientists. No specific person is credited with the invention of the first satellite.