Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome). The satellite travelled at a peak …

Dec 4, 2025 · The historic Sputnik launch on Oct. 4, 1957 marked the beginning of the space age, leading to the establishment of NASA as well as the U.S.–Soviet space race.

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. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched, was a …

Nov 24, 2009 · The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a …

On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. The satellite, an 85-kilogram (187-pound) metal sphere the size of a basketball, was launched on a huge rocket …

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik-1, the world's first artificial satellite. Only about the size of a beach ball (22.8 inches or 58 cm. in diameter) and weighing 183.9 pounds …

On the evening of 4 October, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Soviet Kazakhstan, the R-7 rocket ignited and lifted off the launch pad. Its engines burned steadily as it climbed through the atmosphere, and, …

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that …

On October 4, 1957, the erstwhile Soviet Union launched Sputnik-1 into outer space. The launch of the world’s first artificial satellite into space by the USSR would leave its great geopolitical rival the …

Sep 29, 2020 · With a single shot, the Soviet Union not only launched the first artificial satellite but also officially inaugurated a "space race" with the United States. Sputnik – sometimes called Sputnik 1 –...