It started the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Russia launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. It was the first artificial Earth satellite to be successfully launched into space.
Russia launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
Sputnik 1 was the first spacecraft launched, which was done by Russia on October 4, 1957.Sputnik 2 was also launched by Russia on November 3, 1957, and carried a dog into space.
First SatelliteThe first satellite launched into space by Russia was Sputnik. This monumental event took place on October 4, 1957. The timing was 'tweaked' to mark the 40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Sputnik I was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
Yes, they launched Sputnik in 1957
Sputnik was the satellite launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union.
Russia launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. It was the first artificial Earth satellite to be successfully launched into space.
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.
Russia launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
Sputnik 1 was the first spacecraft launched, which was done by Russia on October 4, 1957.Sputnik 2 was also launched by Russia on November 3, 1957, and carried a dog into space.
Russia launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik 1 was lauched on October 4 1957 by Russia.
I think you mean "Sputnik", but anyways, Sputnik 1 was a satellite launched from Soviet Russia on the 4th of October in 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.
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 first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik". It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at the time ... on October 4, 1957.