![The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, head-on. Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957 by the former Soviet Union. The name Sputnik is Russian for 'travel companion' or satellite. The body was The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, head-on. Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957 by the former Soviet Union. The name Sputnik is Russian for 'travel companion' or satellite. The body was](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G15D8R/the-first-artificial-satellite-sputnik-1-head-on-sputnik-was-launched-G15D8R.jpg)
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, head-on. Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957 by the former Soviet Union. The name Sputnik is Russian for 'travel companion' or satellite. The body was
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All India Radio News - #TodayInHistory: India's first satellite, #Aryabhata was launched on this day, 40 years ago. It was named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. It was
Icymbols - Sputnik was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth and was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957. Sputnik I was the first of a series
![Srijan Pal Singh on X: "On #19April 1975,India's first satellite, #Aryabhata named after the famous Indian #astronomer with the same name was launched by a #Soviet #Kosmos-3M rocket from #KapustinYar. It was Srijan Pal Singh on X: "On #19April 1975,India's first satellite, #Aryabhata named after the famous Indian #astronomer with the same name was launched by a #Soviet #Kosmos-3M rocket from #KapustinYar. It was](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4fF-L7VUAEkCoC.jpg:large)