First Satellite in Space- Sputnik 1
First Satellite -Sputnik 1 Credit: Detlev van Ravenswaay / Getty SPUTNIK-1 Background Behind Sputnik-1 After World War -2 , There was competition between countries in the world to become Superpower. USA and USSR (Soviet Russia) both were Major powers in the world. There was huge competition among both Countries to control the world in there hands. This Competition turns into rivelary . So it results into Space race . Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit. Thus, began the space age. The successful launch shocked the world, giving the former Soviet Union the distinction of putting the first human-made object into space. The word 'Sputnik' originally meant 'fellow traveler,' but has become synonymous with 'satellite' in modern Russian. Sputnik-1 was the first artificial Satellite. It was launched into an elliptical Low Earth Orbit by the Soviet Union (Russia) on 4 October 1957 . It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and the
