Ussr Satellite 1957

According to preliminary data the carrier rocket has imparted to the satellite the required orbital velocity of about 8000 meters per second.

Ussr satellite 1957. The first artificial satellite in the world has been created. 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. It weighed 184 pounds and traveled. 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. On this day in 1957 humans sent their first satellite into space. On october 4 1957 this first satellite was successfully launched in the ussr. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before.

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 launch of sputnik 1957. Sputnik 1 named after the russian word for satellite was launched by the soviet union. History changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.

Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. In the russian language satellite translates to sputnik and hence the name.

The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for satellite was. On october 4 1957 the soviet union launched the earth s first artificial satellite sputnik i. After the second world war was over the united states and. The former soviet union fueled the space race on this day in 1957 when it successfully launched the first artificial satellite named sputnik into the earth s orbit.

Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. At the present time the satellite is describing elliptical.