SPUTNIK

Sputnik

The Sputnik rocket was an unmanned orbital carrier rocket designed by Sergey Korolyov, derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October 1957, it was used to perform the world's first satellite launch, placing Sputnik 1 into a low Earth orbit.

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sputnik

Noun

  1. Any of a series of Soviet unmanned space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.


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