Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 were artificial satellites that traveled around the Earth. People thought that Sputnik 1 was spying on them, but all it did was transmit a simple tracking signal for 3 weeks.
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.
There was more than one Sputnik. Sputnik was a common name for vehicles in the early Russian / Soviet Space programme, Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2 etc They were all invented by the Russians AKA Soviet Union. The team, at least for the first Sputniks, was lead by Sergei Korolev
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Sputnik-2
They were unmanned, although Sputnik 2 carried a dog into space.
Sputnik 1 only housed some electronics, while Sputnik 2 held a dog called Laika.
That was Sputnik 1 launched 4. oktober 1957 I suppose the name was "Sputnik" and then later when they sendt the next one, they became "Sputnik 1" and "Sputnik 2" regards.
We cried.
If they can put a satellite in orbit they can launch a H-bomb at us too. It wasn't quite true with Sputnik 1, but it was with Sputnik 2.
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. The booster used by it had been used in August of that year to launch a long range missile.
It means it was the first sputnik.
the 2 in Sputnik 2 means it is the second to be built.
Sputnik 1, 2 and 3 were all launched by the Sputnik rocket, a derivative of the R-7 Semyorka ICBM (NATO reporting name: SS-6 Sapwood).
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.