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.
First satellite launched by russia.
Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union.
Both carried to the international space station and deployed later in the year.
Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union.
The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite.
The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957.
The first two lithuanian satellites were launched together.
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.
Except the first which launched on a kosmos 3m rocket.
Satellite 1 or ps 1 простейший спутник 1 or prosteyshiy sputnik 1 elementary satellite 1 was the first artificial earth satellite.
Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k.
It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere.
Sputnik and the dawn of the space age history changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i.
Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
The program is operated by jsc satellite system.