On 4 october 1957 the soviet union launched the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 since then about 8 900 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched.
Launching of the first artificial earth satellite.
In the context of spaceflight a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit these objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as earth s moon.
The white house agreed that this might be a good idea and announced plans to launch an earth orbiting satellite to take measurements of the upper atmosphere and the effects of the solar wind.
4 1957 the former soviet union successfully launched sputnik 1 the first human made object to enter earth orbit.
See photos from the historic mission.
Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite.
It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before.
Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite launched was a 83 6 kg 184 pound capsule.
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 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.
In october 1954 scientists called for the first ones to be launched during igy to map earth s surface.
Such satellites were not a new idea.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
