Ussr Satellite 1957

On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i.

Ussr satellite 1957. Sputnik 1 named after the russian word for satellite was launched by the soviet union. The first artificial satellite in the world has been created. According to preliminary data the carrier rocket has imparted to the satellite the required orbital velocity of about 8000 meters per second. On this day in 1957 humans sent their first satellite into space.

Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before. Sputnik and the dawn of the space age. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.

It weighed 184 pounds and traveled. Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. In the russian language satellite translates to sputnik and hence the name. The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.

History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. After the second world war was over the united states and. Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite launched was a 83 6 kg 184 pound capsule. It achieved an earth orbit with an apogee farthest point from earth of 940 km 584 miles and a perigee nearest point of 230 km 143 miles circling.

At the present time the satellite is describing elliptical. 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. The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957. 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.

Sputnik any of a series of three artificial earth satellites the first of whose launch by the soviet union on october 4 1957 inaugurated the space age. The launch of sputnik 1957.