When was the first satellite sent into space?
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1957 4 October 1957
Sputnik 1 Satellite
first satellite sent into space
Sputnik 1 Satellite Explorer 1 Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes Timeline of first orbital launches by country Human spaceflight Indian Space Research Organisation Iranian Space Agency Space exploration Laika
Sputnik 1 was the <b>first</b> artificial Earth <b>satellite</b>. The Soviet Union <b>launched</b> it <b>into</b> 
an elliptical low Earth <b>orbit</b> on 4 October 1957, orbiting for three weeks before its
&nbsp;... Jordan&#39;s <b>first satellite</b> to be the private amateur ... ERPSat <b>satellite</b> is planned to 
be <b>launched into orbit</b> in 2013. Explorer 1 was the <b>first satellite launched</b> by the United States, and was part of 
the U.S. ... on November 3, 1957. The U.S. Navy&#39;s attempt to put the <b>first</b> U.S. 
<b>satellite into orbit</b> failed with the launch of the Vanguard TV3 on December 6, 
1957. This timeline of artificial <b>satellites</b> and space probes includes unmanned 
spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and 
interplanetary probes. <b>First satellites</b> from each country are included. ... Earth, 
Success, <b>First</b> spaceflight to <b>send</b> animals <b>into orbit</b> and return them safely back 
to Earth. This is a timeline of <b>first</b> orbital launches by country. While a number of countries 
have built <b>satellites</b>, as of 2019, eleven countries have had the capability to <b>send</b> 
objects <b>into orbit</b> using their own launch vehicles. Russia and Ukraine inherited 
the space launchers and <b>satellites</b> capability&nbsp;... Human spaceflight is <b>space</b> travel with a crew or passengers aboard the 
spacecraft. Spacecraft ... After the <b>first satellites</b> were <b>launched</b> in 1957 and 1958, 
the US worked on Project Mercury ... The USSR <b>launched</b> the <b>first</b> human in 
<b>space</b>, Yuri Gagarin, <b>into</b> a single <b>orbit</b> in Vostok 1 on a Vostok 3KA rocket, on 12 
April 1961. On 5 January 2014, GSLV-D5 <b>launched</b> GSAT-14 <b>into</b> its intended <b>orbit</b>. This 
marked the <b>first</b>&nbsp;... The Iranian <b>Space</b> Agency is Iran&#39;s governmental <b>space</b> agency. ... The <b>satellite</b> 
was <b>sent into</b> the 260 kilometres <b>orbit</b> by a ... It is the <b>first</b> Iranian <b>satellite</b> to use &quot;
Cold Gas Thruster&quot; and has solar pannels. The German V-2 was the <b>first</b> rocket to travel <b>into space</b>, ... but in 1961 when the 
Soviet Union <b>launched</b> the <b>first</b> man <b>into space</b>, the ... and <b>launched</b> Explorer 1, 
the <b>first</b> American <b>satellite</b>. Laika (Russian: Лайка; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog 
who became one of the <b>first</b> animals in space, ... Construction had already started 
on a more sophisticated <b>satellite</b>, but it would not be ready until ... Aside from the 
primary mission of <b>sending</b> a living passenger <b>into space</b>, Sputnik 2 also 
contained&nbsp;...
4 October 1957
Sputnik 1