the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
It launched Sputnik 1, the world's first satellite.
Launched the first satellite- Sputnik.
When the Soviet Union entered the Space Race with the United States, they launched their first satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
The Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 to orbit around the Earth, the very first of it's kind.
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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.)
Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957 and was launched by the Soviet Union.
Sputnik was the satellite launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space on October 4, 1957.
No THe series of satellites sharing the name Sputnik were launched by the Russiansm the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union, by the scientist Sergei Korolev
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) -- Russia launched Sputnik
Sputnik-1 was launched into orbit on October 4, 1957.
The first artificial satellite was "Sputnik", launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space in 1957, marking the beginning of the space age and the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957.