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History of space technology
The first country on Earth to put any technology into space was Russia, formally known as the “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” (U.S.S.R.). A satellite, Sputnik1, was launched on October 4, 1957, and put into an elliptical low Earth Orbit. The U.S.S.R. had several objectives for the satellite to accomplish to declare a mission success.

1.      Test the method of placing an artificial satellite into Earth orbit

2.      Provide information on the density of the atmosphere by calculating its lifetime in orbit

3.      Test radio and optical methods of orbital tracking

4.      Determine the effects of radio wave propagation though the atmosphere

5.      Check principles of pressurization used on the satellites.


 * History of satellite technology
 * Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
 * Timeline of Earth science satellites