Not much really.
It's main purpose was to see if things could be launched into orbit and if they would remain functional up there.
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.
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
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.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
Sputnik-2
SputnikSo they knew where sputnik was.
The rocket that sent Sputnik 1 into space is the SPUTNIK - PS by the former Soviet Union(now Russia).