As opposed to what? It was sent to space to test certain aspects of space exploration. And it is orbiting Earth, because that is cheaper than to send it farther away.
The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting around our planet. It is about 1/6th the size of Earth, with a diameter of approximately 3,474 kilometers (2,159 miles).
The Moon is our satellite. If you mean like satellites in orbit, those are around the Earth. If you mean is a ship on the Moon, rephrase.
The first artificial satellite released was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. It marked the beginning of the space age and the start of human-made objects orbiting the Earth.
The first satellite from Earth is named Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
The first Russian satellite, Sputnik 1, orbited the Earth on October 4, 1957. It was the world's first artificial satellite to be launched into space.
The first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite.
The first successful earth-orbiting artificial satellite was launched from the USSR in October 1957. Once it had achieved orbit, its name was announced to the world as "Sputnik-1".
A satellite photograph is a photograph or image taken by earth orbiting satellite with special high resolution cameras. The GeoEye-1 satellite has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system and is able to collect images of the Earth with a ground resolution of 0.41 meters (or 16 inches) in the panchromatic or black and white mode.
The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting around our planet. It is about 1/6th the size of Earth, with a diameter of approximately 3,474 kilometers (2,159 miles).
The Moon is our satellite. If you mean like satellites in orbit, those are around the Earth. If you mean is a ship on the Moon, rephrase.
Vanguard 1 was the 4th artificial Earth satellite launched. It was placed in orbit on March 17, 1958. Communication was lost in 1964. It remains the oldest man-made satellite still in orbit and as such is the oldest piece of space junk orbiting Earth
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1 and it was launched by the Soviet Union October 4 at 19:28:34p.m. in 1957.Sputnik 1 was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
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Sputnik 1 was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
Well Uranis or saturn or neptune Has 47 moons Earth has only 1
The first artificial satellite released was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. It marked the beginning of the space age and the start of human-made objects orbiting the Earth.
Earth has 1 satellite - the Moon.