Sputnik 1 was a Soviet satellite that worked by emitting radio signals that could be tracked by ground stations. It transmitted a simple radio beep to indicate its position in orbit and played a significant role in the space race by being the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
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.
Construction of Sputnik 1 began in 1957.
Sputnik was 23 inches in diameter and was about the size of a basketball.
It means it was the first sputnik.
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
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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
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.
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The only known contents of Sputnik 1 are Electronics and some batteries.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
Only things the sputnik 1 is known to have contained are Electronics and batteries.
SputnikSo they knew where sputnik was.
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