First Satellite “Sputnik 1” was launched in October 1957. Indicate the date?
First Satellite “Sputnik 1” was launched in October 1957. Indicate the date?
(A) 2 October 1957
(B) 4 October 1957
(C) 6 October 1957
(D) 8 October 1957
The first artificial satellite from the USSR, Sputnik 1, was blasted into space on October 4, 1957. From the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sputnik entered a low Earth orbit and immediately marked the beginning of the space age and the space race.