Sputnik 1
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Summary
Sputnik 1 is an artificial satellite of the Earth[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of artificial satellite of the earth entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,196 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: Soviet Union[3]
- Followed by: Sputnik 2[4]
- Manufacturer: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia[5]
- Part of: Sputnik programme[6]
- Commons category: Sputnik-1[7]
- Space launch vehicle: Sputnik[8]
- Type of orbit: low Earth orbit[9]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: October 4, 1957[10]
- Time of object orbit decay: January 4, 1958[11]
- Cause of destruction: orbital decay[12]
- Significant event: rocket launch[13], loss of signal[14], atmospheric entry[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.05201[16]
- Orbits completed: 1440[17]
- Start point: Gagarin's Start[18]
- Orbital inclination: 65.1[19]
- Mass: 83.6[20]
- Nominal power output: 1[21]
- Orbital period: 96.2[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 6955[23]
- Apoapsis: 940[24]
- Periapsis: 215[25]
- Diameter: 58[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
- P14541: DTPSo[28]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Sputnik 1 include Trabant[29], an automobile model series[30], in German Democratic Republic[31]; Gam-COVID-Vac[32]; Sputnik Planum[33], a planitia[34]; and Sputnik Islands[35], an island group[36].
Why It Matters
Sputnik 1 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for it include Trabant[29], an automobile model series[30], in German Democratic Republic[31]; Gam-COVID-Vac[32]; Sputnik Planum[33], a planitia[34]; and Sputnik Islands[35], an island group[36].