The World S First Artificial Satellite

History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.

The world s first artificial satellite. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957. The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. World space week 2020 celebrates the impact of satellites on humanity. No one who was alive at that time can forget the electricity of the moment when humans first lofted a satellite into orbit.

After launching it sergei korolev and his team proceeded to the radio transmitter to monitor it. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere. Sputnik was the world s first artificial satellite launched oct. The pioneering flight of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite 63 years ago this week had a deep resonance on.

Space effort into high gear. On october 4 1957 the soviet union stunned everyone by launching the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1. Each year the first week of october kicks off the united nation s world space week which celebrates the world s achievements in space since the dawn of the space age on oct. Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s.

Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian shows.

Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. And the soviet union. The satellite was released into space on october 4 1957 at 19 28 34 pm. It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s.

4 1957 with the launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.