Sputnik means "fellow traveler" in Russian.
In Russian, the word 'Sputnik' is translated to the English word 'Satellite'.The actual name of the SATELLITE was 'Vostok' or 'Vostok 3KA'.
"Soviet" is Russian for "governing council", from the Old Russian word, "Sovetu" meaning "with council".
Russo comes from the word Russian.
First Soviet SatelliteIt was called the 'Sputnik' and was put into orbit on October 4th, 1957. The timing was 'tweaked' to mark the 40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Mercury.
The name of the first Russian spacecraft was Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957.
The name "Sputnik" comes from the Russian word for satellite, as the spacecraft was the first artificial satellite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. The word "Sputnik" also means "companion" or "fellow traveler" in Russian.
The Russian spacecraft the first by man was called the sputnik.
The dog on Sputnik 2 was Laika.
"The first rocket was the Sputnik...." Here we go again... NO It Wasn't! The first Spacecraft with a human to go into space was the Russian Satellite called 'Vostok', or 'Vostok 3KA'. 'Sputink', is the Russian word for 'Satellite', it was NOT the Name of the spacecraft. imagine if every Russian called 'Apollo 18' ... 'Satilite' with a heavy russian accent... DRrr Not. It Also was not the first spacecraft! the Russians launched a bunch of Dogs and crap up there first... there were many spacecrafts that went up before 'Vostok'.
The word "sputnik" comes from Russian, meaning "satellite" or "companion." It was famously used to name the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
"Sputnik" is a Russian word meaning "satellite" or "companion." It was the name given to the world's first artificial satellite that was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. The name was chosen to symbolize the satellite as a companion exploring outer space.
("If you mean the first one launched, It was named "Sputnik 1".) Here we go again... NO It Wasn't! The first Spacecraft with a human to go into space was the Russian Satellite called 'Vostok', or 'Vostok 3KA'. 'Sputink', is the Russian word for 'Satellite', it was NOT the Name of the spacecraft. imagine if every Russian called 'Apollo 18' ... 'Satilite' with a heavy russian accent... DRrr Not. Now to address the question, name of a russian spaceship? there are many...
The common translation is "traveling companion of the Earth". When the satellite "Sputnik" was first launched in space in October of 1957, the New York Times gave the name's literal meaning as, "something that is traveling with a traveler" with the explanation, "the traveler is the earth, traveling through space, and the companion 'traveling with' it is the satellite."
The name of Laika's spacecraft was Sputnik 2. She was the first living being to orbit the Earth in this spacecraft in November 1957.
The first spacecraft was named "Sputnik" and was launched by the Russians in 1957.
The first spacecraft to orbit the Earth was called Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.