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Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. The booster used by it had been used in August of that year to launch a long range missile.
sputnik 1 was a russian space probe launched on October 4 1957. it was used to collect atmosperic conditions for future launches.
It means it was the first sputnik.
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
Sputnik was the "family name" for a series of satellites, so there never was a satellite named only Sputnik. They all had numbers with Sputnik 1 being the first.
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
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Sputnik 1 on the 4th of October 1957.
Sputnik I was simplicity itself - it's only onboard "equipment" was an electronic radio "beep" received back on earth.
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 were artificial satellites that traveled around the Earth. People thought that Sputnik 1 was spying on them, but all it did was transmit a simple tracking signal for 3 weeks.
The only known contents of Sputnik 1 are Electronics and some batteries.