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The first orbital flight of an artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957, by the Soviet Union.In November, the second orbital flight took place. The Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the Earth, a dog, Laika, who died in orbit a few hours after launch.
Minitrack operators knew Sputnik 1 was passing overhead but could not track it with 108-MHz interferometers. Sputnik 1 was transmitting in the amateur radio bands and getting good publicity as hams all over the world picked up the signals. Army radio engineers and many amateurs spent the night of 4 October 1957 building and modifying their ...
While demoralizing to the Vanguard team, Minitrack was successful in tracking Sputnik, a major success for NRL. [12] At 11:44:35 a.m. on December 6, an attempt was made to launch TV-3. The Vanguard rocket rose about 1.2 m (4 ft) into the air when the engine lost thrust, and the rocket immediately sank back down to the launch pad and exploded ...
Sputnik 1 (/ ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k, ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k /, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite.It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.
Project Space Track was a research and development project of the US Air Force, to create a tracking system for all artificial satellites of the Earth and space probes, domestic and foreign. Project Space Track was started in 1957 at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Laurence G. Hanscom Field, now Hanscom Air Force Base , in Bedford ...
Oct. 4—66 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world into the space race after sending the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds and ...
Two flights of the Apollo program were particularly memorable for me. The first was Apollo 8 that circled the moon in December of 1968. Earthrise is one of my favorite photographs.
Maiden flights: Juno I Sputnik 8A91 Pilot Thor-Able Luna Juno II Atlas B: Retirements: Sputnik 8A91 ... 1: 1: 0: 0: Maiden flight, only orbital launch Juno I