Sputnik

It was the first human-made satellite, (launched from Russia on Oct. 4, 1957), to orbit the Earth. A space probe leaves the orbit of Earth and goes off into distant space. Sputnik only left Earth's orbit to burn up in the upper atmosphere on Jan. 4, 1958.

No

Sputnik was a series of early satellites sent up by Russia/ the Soviet Union. the second in the series, Sputnik 2 carried a dog into space.

But since Sputnik means something like travelling companion in Russian it seems quite likely that there are dogs with that name too.

They were unmanned, although Sputnik 2 carried a dog into space.

It was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit.

Sputnik with its puppy dog passenger( Laika ) was launched in October 1957, and remained in orbit until early 1958, when it reentered EarthÂ’s atmosphere and burned up

Sputnik 1 was in orbit for 3 months, completing 1440 orbits.

Sputnik 2, Laika's flight, was in orbit for 162 days. There were other missions, but these two, especially Sputnik 1, were the ones to capture the world's - especially the US'- attention.

Anything in orbit could be considered a satellite. There is one natural satellite - the moon. There are hundreds of navigation, communications, weather, science/experimental and military/intelligence satellites in orbit. There are thousands of bits of "space junk" orbiting the earth at present.

a while probaly a few months

Sputnik 1 weighed approximately 83.6 kg (about 183 lb)

There were several unsuccessful attempts by both the USSR and the USA before

the first one that successfully achieved orbit.

The first successful one was launched by the USSR, from the Baikonur Kosmodrome

in Kazakhstan, on October 4, 1957, and it stayed up for about 3 months.

The purpose was to demonstrate that the country could launch the necessary

weight, and achieve the necessary pinpoint navigation, to plant a nuclear warhead

anywhere in the world they wanted to.

Again, the USSR succeeded first.

No, it was far too crude for that.

Sputnik 1 was mainly to prove that a man-made object could be put in orbit and remain functioning there.

The United States' fears of Sputnik 1 were based on the premise of a Soviet-American pending missile gap. The reasoning went that if the Soviets could launch Sputnik into orbit, the technological threshold for intercontinental ballistic missiles laden with nuclear warheads was now crossed. However, and ultimately a missile gap never came to exist between the two powers suggesting American paranoia.

Sputnik made schools modernize their curiculums. The advanced studies in engineering had to be taught. Because of Sputnik there was new methods of teaching. Students could learn this technology.

It started the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957. The satellite was 58 cm (about 23 in) in diameter and weighed approximately 83.6 kg (about 183 lb). Each of its elliptical orbits around the Earth took about 96 minutes. Monitoring of the satellite was done by many amateur radio operators

Most of the USSR's space endeavours were launched from Baikonur in central Kazkahstan.

1957 in russia (soviet union

$200,000,000 to $600,000,000 dollars

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.

The US got jealous

Due to tensions between the US and USSR after WW2, many Americans feared the rise of Communism and its take-over of the world. When Sputnik 1 launched in October 1957, it signalled to America that it was not the leader in space technology and missile development, that another superpower existed, and could drop missiles--especially the nuclear variety--on American soil. This was a distinction America held from the first use of nuclear weapons against an enemy.

Americans believed throughout the Cold War that the Soviets thought differently than they, that the Soviets could and would, unless seriously deterred, start global nuclear annhiliation for no more reason than there was a button to be pushed. The Soviets were demonized during the Truman and Eisenhower eras, through the McCarthy scare, through the Koren and Vietnam wars. American school children were taught to hide beneath their desks with books behind their heads, and they would be perfectly safe when the bombs fell.

Sputnik's launch and the terror that it brought to the American people basically lead to the next thirty years of American dominance in the global space race.

Answer*** the Soviets had superior nuclear capabilities.

The Soviet Union

He pushed for improvements in science education. (I'm verry sorry you waited sooo long)