The Russians, putting Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957.
IN COMMUNICATIONS: Satellite uses satellite (orbiting) relay-stations in Space but Terrestrial uses cable or antenna-to-antenna signals based entirely on Earth to broadcast your television, radio or cell-phone :) ++++ IN ASTRONOMY: Terrestrial means Earth- (or planet-) bound; a Satellite is any natural or man-made object that orbits a planet. The Moon is a satellite of the Earth.
it made it easier to go from one place to another .
Fossil Fuels have made manned space exploration possible.
Comets and asteroids are made of chunks of space rocks and dust. Meteorites are space rocks that are captured by the earth's gravity and fall to earth.
Bits of spacecraft.
A. Russians
The Soviet Union
Sputnik, October 1957 (Russian).
Sputnik-1 was the first satellite in space made by the Russians, it was launched 4th October 1957.
Russia in 1957
Human made satellite
An artificial satellite.
The first satellite launched into space was the Sputnik I, but before that have you ever considered the fact that a satellite is any object that orbits a heavenly body? The VERY first satellite was in fact the moon. But the first MAN-MADE satellite was Sputnik I launched by USSR.
The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.
Sputnik 1 was the first man made satellite put into space. There were earlier attempts that failed. Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made object that stayed there, i.e. successfully achieved earth orbit.
The first man made satellite was launched into space in 1957. It was put there by a consortium of Russian scientists. No specific person is credited with the invention of the first satellite.
Sputnik 1 was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite and launched by by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. It was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program.