Sputnik was a success. As far as it's known, it did what it was supposed to do.
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Sputnik-1, launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957. (There were earlier attempts; Sputnik-1 was the first success.)
Russias success with Sputnik
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.
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the news of its success resulted in the U.S. funding many computer research programs
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
Russia The Soviet Union invented Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth. It was made in Russia and it was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites known as the Sputnik program. The unanticipated announcement of Sputnik 1's success precipitated the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited the Space Race during the Cold War.
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No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
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Sputnik did not use a microprocessor.