The USSR (Soviet Union), which was in a "space race" with the US after both countries salvaged parts of Nazi Germany's V-2 program. They launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik is Russian for "fellow traveler" (of Earth). Sputnik I weighed 84 kg (184 pounds), traveled at over 28,000 kilometers per hour (17,000 miles per hour) and continued to orbit until January 4, 1958.
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The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) -- Russia launched Sputnik
That was the USSR
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The first satellite launched in the orbit of the Earth was the Sputnik 1. It was launched on 1957 by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) -- Russia launched Sputnik
Russia launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
That was the USSR
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by the USSR (Russia) in 1957. Following its launch on October 4, Russia launched Sputnik 2 on November 3. Sputnik 3 was not launched until May, 1958 following the US Explorer and Vanguard satellites in January and March.
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Sputnik-1 was launched from site No.1, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome) Kazakhstan, former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Sputnik 1 was launched from Gagarin's Start which is the 5th Tyuratam range, located in Kazakhstan (A country of west-central Asia, south of Russia) where the Baikonor Cosmodrome is now.The Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (U.S.S.R.)
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
The first satellite launched in the orbit of the Earth was the Sputnik 1. It was launched on 1957 by the Soviet Union.
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October 1957.
Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR (Russia) on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to successfully achieve Earth orbit. There had been several previous unsuccessful attempts by the USSR and the USA.
Russia launched Sputnik 1 in 1959
Sputnik (not sputnick) was launched by the Soviet Union.