The satellite was released into space on october 4 1957 at 19 28 34 pm.
The world s first artificial satellite.
History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.
The pioneering flight of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite 63 years ago this week had a deep resonance on.
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Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere.
Sputnik 1 launched october 4 1957 was the first artificial satellite and the beginning of the space race between the u s.
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.
Sputnik 2 carried the dog laika the first living creature in space.
Space effort into high gear.
And the soviet union.
4 1957 with the launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.
The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian shows.
No one who was alive at that time can forget the electricity of the moment when humans first lofted a satellite into orbit.
The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.
Sputnik was the world s first artificial satellite launched oct.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
After launching it sergei korolev and his team proceeded to the radio transmitter to monitor it.
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On october 4 1957 the soviet union stunned everyone by launching the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1.
The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
It was an event that galvanized the world and spurred the fledgling u s.
