The common translation is "traveling companion of the Earth".
When the satellite "Sputnik" was first launched in space in October of 1957, the New York Times gave the name's literal meaning as, "something that is traveling with a traveler" with the explanation, "the traveler is the earth, traveling through space, and the companion 'traveling with' it is the satellite."
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
Sputnik is Russian, and it means something like "travelling companion". It became the name for an early series of articifial satellites.
Yes it is, but it was also a Russian Satelite
because "sputnik" means "fellow traveler of earth"
The name "Sputnik" comes from the Russian word for satellite, as the spacecraft was the first artificial satellite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. The word "Sputnik" also means "companion" or "fellow traveler" in Russian.
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
Sputnik means "fellow traveler" in Russian.
Sputnik was an early Russian space satellite.
Sputnik is Russian, and it means something like "travelling companion". It became the name for an early series of articifial satellites.
Russian's Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite.
The word "sputnik" comes from Russian, meaning "satellite" or "companion." It was famously used to name the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
It was the Russian with their Sputnik.
sputnik
Yes it is, but it was also a Russian Satelite
because "sputnik" means "fellow traveler of earth"
Russian is the language of origin for the word sputnik. The word in question functions as a noun whose translation into English generally is as "companion". "co-traveler," or "fellow traveler." But regardless of meaning or use, the pronunciation remains "spuht-nihk" in Russian.