The Sputnik traveled at 18,000 miles per hour (29,000 kilometers), its orbit around the Earth each time took 92.6 minutes, and its actual orbit was 3 months.
Sputnik 1 was in orbit for about three months, from October 4, 1957, to January 4, 1958.
No Sputniks are still in orbit. When they were, the period of an orbit was about 88 minutes.
Sputnik was put into orbit on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik was launched into a low-Earth orbit. Sputnik was launched By the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. it weighed about 98 pounds and took 90 minutes to orbit earth. when Sputnik was launched the Space Race began.
Sputnik 2 orbited the Earth for about 162 days before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up on April 14, 1958.
It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.
Sputnik 1 was in orbit for about three months, from October 4, 1957, to January 4, 1958.
About an hour and a half.
No Sputniks are still in orbit. When they were, the period of an orbit was about 88 minutes.
It was the Russian sputnik, it was up for about 7 months.
Sputnik was put into orbit on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik with its puppy dog passenger( Laika ) was launched in October 1957, and remained in orbit until early 1958, when it reentered EarthÂ’s atmosphere and burned up Sputnik 1 was in orbit for 3 months, completing 1440 orbits. Sputnik 2, Laika's flight, was in orbit for 162 days. There were other missions, but these two, especially Sputnik 1, were the ones to capture the world's - especially the US'- attention.
Sputnik was launched into a low-Earth orbit. Sputnik was launched By the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. it weighed about 98 pounds and took 90 minutes to orbit earth. when Sputnik was launched the Space Race began.
It was in orbit around Earth.
Sputnik 2 orbited the Earth for about 162 days before re-entering the atmosphere and burning up on April 14, 1958.
Sputnik 1 traveled at a speed of 18000 mph, completing one orbit of the Earth every 96.2 minutes.
Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.