Launching Of First Artificial Satellite

The first artificial satellite was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union on 4 october 1957 under the sputnik program with sergei korolev as chief designer.
Launching of first artificial satellite. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. Space effort into high gear. The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the united states who had hoped that the united states would accomplish this scientific advancement first.
It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s. No one who was alive at that time can forget the electricity of the moment when humans first lofted a satellite into orbit. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. The soviet union successfully launched the sputnik 1 satellite on oct.
Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s. On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i. The soviet union rocketed sputnik into space on oct. 4 1957 surprising the world and kicking off the space race.
Sputnik 1 helped to identify the density of high atmospheric layers through measurement of its orbital change and provided data on radio signal distribution in the ionosphere. The launch revealed only after it was a success stunned. The world s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22 8 inches in diameter weighed only 83 6 kg. On october 4 1957 the soviet union stunned everyone by launching the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1.
It orbited earth in a elliptical orbit taking 96 2 minutes to complete one revolution. This was the first human made satellite. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. And the soviet union.
History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. Sputnik launched the soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
This was the first artificial satellite any nation sent out of the earth.