Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. It marked the beginning of the space race between the US and the USSR. Sputnik 2 carried the first living being, a dog named Laika, into orbit in 1957.
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
Sputnik is typically silver or metallic in color.
Sputnik Caledonia was created in 2008.
No, Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 were not launched from the same place. Sputnik 1 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, while Sputnik 2 was launched from the same location.
Sputnik came as a surprise, the US did not know about it in advance.
No one was onboard Sputnik, it was an unmanned satellite.
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Not as we know them today. Sputnik 1 sent a radio beep, but that was about it. It couldn't relay information as current communications satellites do.
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 was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. It marked the beginning of the space race between the US and the USSR. Sputnik 2 carried the first living being, a dog named Laika, into orbit in 1957.
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
Yes, the Soviet satellite called Sputnik in the English-speaking world was visible in the US, and many people went out at night to try to spot it.
As far as we know, it didn't. But if you can launch something harmless into orbit, you can also launch something dangerous into orbit, which was a big part of the fear caused by the Sputnik launch.
Sputnik did not use a microprocessor.
The USSR built the Sputnik.