The USSR launched Sputnik on October 4th, 1957 and Explorer 1 was launched on January 31st, 1958--so the answer is 119 days.
The Soviets launched Sputnik to demonstrate their technological superiority and to assert their dominance in the space race with the United States.
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.
When the Soviet Union entered the Space Race with the United States, they launched their first satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
We don't know whether or not it was the first attempt, but the first launch thatsuccessfully placed a man-made object in Earth-orbit was the launch of Sputnik-Iin October 1957, during the second term of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Who tried first isn't known, but the then Soviet Union were the first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit with the sucsessful launch of Sputnik 1As a result, President Kennedy made his famous speech that promised to put an American on the moon in 10 years time.
The Soviets launched Sputnik to demonstrate their technological superiority and to assert their dominance in the space race with the United States.
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.
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The soviets launch of the sputnik
Russia launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. It was the first artificial Earth satellite to be successfully launched into space.
The first satellite launched in the orbit of the Earth was the Sputnik 1. It was launched on 1957 by the Soviet Union.
October 4, 1957 was the exact date of the Sputnik launch.
Spunik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957 and stayed in orbit until January 4, 1958. Sputnik 2 was launched on November 3, 1957 and stayed in orbit until April 15, 1958. Further satellites in the series were Sputnik 3 in May, 1958, and the satellites referred to as Sputnik 4 and 5 (actually early Vostok capsules) in 1960.
Yuri Gagarin was launched from the U.S.S.R. in the Sputnik.
The Russians launched Sputnik 1 on the 4th October 1957, 7:28 PM.
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The (former) USSR launch the first satellite. Its name was Sputnik.