Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union.
First satellite launched by russia.
The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
The first two lithuanian satellites were launched together.
Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union.
Sputnik 1 helped to identify the density of high atmospheric layers through measurement of its orbital change and provided data on radio signal distribution in the ionosphere.
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.
Sputnik and the dawn of the space age history changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
The first artificial satellite was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union on 4 october 1957 under the sputnik program with sergei korolev as chief designer.
Except the first which launched on a kosmos 3m rocket.
The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for satellite was launched.
The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.
Russia launches 3 gonets communication satellites 18 international smallsats.
Both carried to the international space station and deployed later in the year.