The first artificial satellite put into orbit was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. It marked the beginning of human space exploration.
The first satellite put into orbit by the U.S. was called Explorer 1.
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to put a man into orbit. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The Soviet Union takes credit for sending the first man into orbit around the earth. However, since, Yuri Gagarin did not land in his capsule, it technically does not count as an official orbit. Still, no one disputes that Gagarin did in fact orbit the earth. The first person to orbit the earth and land in his spacecraft was John Glenn of the United States.
Sputnik was put into orbit on October 4, 1957.
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
The first satellite put into orbit by the U.S. was called Explorer 1.
The very first satellite put into orbit was the Russian satellite Sputnik put into orbit on October 4th, 1957.
The worlds' first artificial satelite was put in orbit by Soviet Union in 1957, named Sputnik 1. Since then thousands of prolab satelites were put in orbit by several countries around the globe.
The USSR did.
The Russian put the first man in earth orbit, he was Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961.
It must be Eisenhower.
voyager 1
Explorer
Sutnick was the very first Satellite that was put into orbit.=)
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to put a man into orbit. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Insat 1a
The first man made object put into Earth orbit.