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Sputnik
Sputnik was the name given to a series of Soviet satellites sent into earth's orbit. Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial satellite, launched on October 4, 1957.
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What does sputnik mean in Russian?
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."
Sputnik is Russian, and it means something like "travelling companion". It became the name for an early series of articifial satellites.
What was the purpose of sputnik 1?
Sputnik was also scientifically valuable. The density of the upper atmosphere could be deduced from its drag on the orbit, and the propagation of its radio signals gave information about the ionosphere.
What were the effects of Sputnik on the United States?
The launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union led to increased fears of Soviet technological superiority and prompted the United States to invest more heavily in science and education. This event also led to the creation of NASA and sparked the Space Race between the two superpowers.
Sputnik was used for gathering data and information about space. It also led to the US/USSR space race. Seriously, Sputnik 1 sent out periodic radio beeps, that is ALL it did. It had no instruments for data collection of any kind! Most people think it was used for the USSR (the Soviet Union) to show other countries it was more technologically advanced than others.
What was the first dog that went into space on the Sputnik 2 on the 3 November 1957?
The first dog to travel to space aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957, was named Laika. She was a Soviet space dog and became the first living creature to orbit Earth. Tragically, Laika did not survive the mission.
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.
President when sputnik was launched?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957.
The first satellite from earth name is?
The first satellite from Earth is named Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957.
Laika is Russian - literally - for "barker"!!
The Soviet Union launched a dog named "Laika" into space aboard the Sputnik 2 space capsule.
Laika is also the name for a type of hunting dog. There are three breeds - the Russian European Laika, the East Siberian Laika and the West Siberian Laika. Note that Laika, the dog that went to space, is in fact a mongrel.
Which space probe has taken photos of mercury?
The space probe that has taken detailed photos of Mercury is the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft. It orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015 and provided valuable insights into the planet's surface and composition.
Sputnik 2 was a Russian satellite that was launched into orbit. It carried a dog and crashed into Earthâ??s atmosphere.
Where did the word safari originate?
The word "safari" originated from the Swahili language in East Africa, where it means journey or expedition. It has been adopted into English to refer to a trip or adventure, often involving wildlife viewing in Africa.
Were Sputnik 1 and 2 launched at the same place?
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
How did the soviet union's launch of sputnik affect science and technology in the US?
It shocked the American scientific community, and also the US military and government, who hadn't realized the Soviets were that far advanced technologically; the big fear was that the next space launch might contain a nuclear bomb, which could be exploded over an American city, or fired toward it. The Soviets might also try to colonize or control access to outer space. Prior to the Sputnik launch, America hadn't taken space science very seriously; afterward, it became a high priority. Future President Lyndon B. Johnson (then a Senator) was quoted as saying "I for one do not want to go to bed by the light of a Communist moon."
After his election, President John F. Kennedy vowed to put a man on the moon within 10 years. He knew that we were behind the Russians in putting a man into space. So he raised the goal higher. Out of this achievement, many new technological inventions were born.
Where did the word 'television' originate?
According to a single website I found on a web-search "Tele- is a Greek( ) prefix meaning "distant". It can be short for television or telephone." and another web-search reveled "The word television is derived from a mixture of Latin and Greek words meaning 'far sight' i.e. tele meaning far in Greek and visiomeaning sight in Latin."
As to why it's supposedly a combination of Greek and Latin/English (vision not viso) words I still don't know (I'd check for a correlation between the language from the place where it originated and areas that primarily speak Latin and/or Greek/English, or just search for the answer why)
What was the name of the first artificial satellite?
The first artificial satelliteto successfully achieve Earth orbit was Sputnik-1,
launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, by the USSR, October 4, 1957.
Which country launched Sputnik into space in 1957?
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.
Where did the word balcony originate?
Last answer: From the Persian (Farsi) Language It comes from the words "bala" meaning up/above, and "khoone" meaning house together forming "balakhoone" meaning above the house thus forming "balcony"
I have also heard that it originates from Italian.
At the time of the sputnik launch, the human race had never launched anything into orbit before, so it was an interesting scientific and technological question to determine of this could be done. And artificial satellites have indeed proved over the years to have very important uses - communication satellites, global positioning satellites, spy satellites etc.
What happiened was that sputnik1 was launched on October 4.1957.It was launched because it needed to gather information about the enemys but in the first few hours,the satilellte lost memory and couldnt gather more information.
Where did the word tits originate?
Tit is a very old variant of the word teat, meaning nipple. Its usage for the human breast is also old, but is considered vulgar.
Humor (fiction): It may have also come from the inventor of the bra, who's last name was Titzling. The connection between his name, and the bra being a type of sling for ones breast. So, people called the bra a tit sling, hence the word tit originated.
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.
There was more than one Sputnik. Sputnik was a common name for vehicles in the early Russian / Soviet Space programme, Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2 etc
They were all invented by the Russians AKA Soviet Union.
The team, at least for the first Sputniks, was lead by Sergei Korolev
When did the Space Race start?
There are a few alternate viewpoints on exactly how and when the Space Race began, but the most accepted view is that it began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, into Earth orbit. This led to a rapid sequence of events in both the United States and the Soviet Union that helped mobilise the industrial resources of both superpowers towards the goal of 'beating' the other in space technology.
