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Small carrier rocket
The Sputnik rocket was an uncrewed orbital carrier rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union, derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October
Sputnik_(rocket)
First artificial Earth satellite
Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), often referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was
Sputnik_1
Second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit (1957)
Sputnik 2 (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk], Russian: Спутник-2, Satellite 2), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, Russian: Простейший Спутник 2, Simplest
Sputnik_2
German long-range ballistic missile
intelligence until, in November 1957, the satellite Sputnik 1 was launched successfully to orbit by the Sputnik rocket based on R-7, the world's first intercontinental
V-2_rocket
Class of rocket
Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused
Vanguard_(rocket)
United States reaction to the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite
accuracy. US rockets then produced 150,000 pounds-force (670,000 N) of thrust, and US officials presumed that the Soviet rocket that launched Sputnik into space
Sputnik_crisis
Soviet spacecraft
Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Russian: Корабль Спутник 1 meaning Vessel Satellite 1), also known as Sputnik 4 in the West, was the first test flight of the Soviet
Korabl-Sputnik_1
Topics referred to by the same term
(rocket), an unmanned orbital carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM Sputnik; GRAU index 11A59; a rocket otherwise called Polyot (rocket) Sputnik
Sputnik_(disambiguation)
American professional wrestler (1928–2006)
Merrick; December 18, 1928 – November 3, 2006) better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and civil rights activist
Sputnik_Monroe
Rocket able to lift less than 2,000 kg to low Earth orbit
vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, launched by the Soviet Union, which was derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik rocket was used to
Small-lift_launch_vehicle
Soviet satellite
Sputnik 3 (Russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on 15 May 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. The scientific
Sputnik_3
Space exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1991
Semyorka. 1957: First satellite, Sputnik 1. 1957: First animal in Earth orbit, the dog Laika on Sputnik 2. 1959: First rocket ignition in Earth orbit, first
Soviet_space_program
Soviet dog, first animal to orbit Earth (c. 1954–1957)
Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology
Laika
U.S. Navy satellite program in the 1950s
orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida. In response to the launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957
Project_Vanguard
Suborbital rocket test flight
Vanguard was not the first rocket to place into orbit an unmanned satellite. The first small-lift launch vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, it put into orbit an
Vanguard_TV-2
Family of American heavy-lift rocket launch vehicles
Vanguard was planned to launch shortly after Sputnik, but a series of delays pushed this into December, when the rocket exploded in spectacular fashion. The press
Saturn_(rocket_family)
Family of space launch vehicles developed by the Soviet Union (later Russia)
The R-7 (Russian: Р-7) rocket family is a series of launch vehicles descended from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, developed in the 1950s as the world's first
R-7_(rocket_family)
success of Sputnik 1 was followed by the launch of 175 meteorological rockets in the next two years. In all, there were ten of the Sputnik satellites
Soviet_rocketry
Soviet spacecraft
Korabl-Sputnik 3 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 3 meaning Ship-Satellite 3) or Vostok-1K No.3, also known as Sputnik 6 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft
Korabl-Sputnik_3
1961 USSR unmanned test launch of the Vostok spacecraft
of the Vostok spacecraft. Korabl-Sputnik 4 was launched at 06:29:00 UTC on 9 March 1961, atop a Vostok-K carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur
Korabl-Sputnik_4
Second flight of the American Vanguard rocket
(ICBM). On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik rocket was used to perform the world's first satellite launch, placing Sputnik 1 satellite into a low Earth orbit
Vanguard_TV-3BU
Soviet artificial satellite launched in 1960
Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 2, lit. 'Ship-Satellite 2'), also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the
Korabl-Sputnik_2
First Intercontinental ballistic missile
ballistic missile. The basis for the R-7 rocket family, it was adapted into the world's first orbital launch vehicle, Sputnik, and the crewed orbital launch vehicles
R-7_Semyorka
Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus
Tyazhely Sputnik (Russian: Тяжёлый Спутник, meaning Heavy Satellite), also known by its development name as Venera 1VA No. 1, and in the West as Sputnik 7,
Tyazhely_Sputnik
Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966)
Century Korolev, the R-7, and Sputnik". ESTU. Retrieved 27 July 2022. Siddiqi 2000, p. 10-12. "Sergei Korolev: the rocket genius behind Yuri Gagarin".
Sergei_Korolev
British satellite carrier rocket developed during the 1960s
British National Space Centre Diamant Juno I Lambda (rocket family) Satellite Launch Vehicle Sputnik (rocket) Black Knight Wade, Mark. "Black Arrow". Encyclopedia
Black_Arrow
October, Sputnik 1 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 on a Sputnik rocket, a variant of R-7 rocket. The Successful Insertion of Sputnik 1 into
1957_in_spaceflight
Soviet spacecraft
related to Korabl-Sputnik 5. Korabl-Sputnik 5 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 5 meaning Ship-Satellite 5) or Vostok-3KA No.2, also known as Sputnik 10 in the West
Korabl-Sputnik_5
Russian spacecraft manufacturer
space programs, including the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 and the first human spaceflight, Vostok 1. Over subsequent decades it
Energia_(corporation)
Page. Retrieved 31 August 2025. "Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 n°01". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 31 August 2025. "Sputnik 3 (D-1 #1, 2)". Gunter's Space Page
1958 in spaceflight (January–June)
1958_in_spaceflight_(January–June)
US Navy satellite launched in 1959
portal Timeline of first images of Earth from space Vanguard 1 Sputnik 1 Sputnik (rocket) Weather satellite Timeline of artificial satellites and space
Vanguard_2
it was not the first rocket to put into orbit an unmanned satellite. The first small-lift launch vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, it put into orbit an
Vanguard_TV-0
Series of six crewed and uncrewed Soviet orbiting spacecraft
artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) and the first crewed spacecraft (Vostok) in human history. It was a subset of the R-7 family of rockets. On March 18, 1980
Vostok_(rocket_family)
1960 American film
are using information gathered by Sputnik to plan the attack, and as the American spies' attempt to sabotage one rocket fails, they are shot. And because
Rocket_Attack_U.S.A.
Soviet spacecraft launched 1962
Venera 2MV-1 No.1, also known as Sputnik 19 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme. The spacecraft
Venera_2MV-1_No.1
American professional wrestler (1937–2018)
Championship (1 times) – with Sputnik Monroe (1) "Wrestlingdata.com". Hoops, Brian (June 7, 2010). "Other News: Rocket Monroe died Monday morning due
Rocket_Monroe
Failed Soviet Venus flyby spacecraft
Venera 2MV-2 No.1, also known as Sputnik 21 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme, and was
Venera_2MV-2_No.1
Class of ballistic missile
The Redstone family of rockets consisted of a number of American ballistic missiles, sounding rockets and expendable launch vehicles operational during
Redstone_(rocket_family)
US–USSR spaceflight capability rivalry
of Sputnik 1 continued for 22 days Problems playing this file? See media help. Korolev was buoyed by the first successful launches of the R-7 rocket in
Space_Race
Soviet-era program that sent dogs to space
Earth, who on 3 November 1957 was sent on a one-way orbital mission aboard Sputnik 2. Dogs were the preferred animal for the experiments because scientists
Soviet_space_dogs
Rocket as a part of Project Vanguard
it was not the first rocket to put into orbit an unmanned satellite. The first small-lift launch vehicle was the Sputnik rocket, it put into orbit an
Vanguard_TV-1
Soviet human spaceflight project
modifications of the Vostok capsule and a larger launch rocket. The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, had been put into orbit by the Soviets in 1957
Vostok_programme
Vehicle or machine designed to fly in space
while the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the Space Age. Apart from its value as a technological first, Sputnik 1 also helped
Spacecraft
Soviet Mars spacecraft
Mars 2MV-3 No.1 also known as Sputnik 24 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program, and was intended
Mars_2MV-3_No.1
1960s Soviet rocket
rocket broke up 30 seconds after liftoff, killing the two dogs that were aboard the spacecraft. The third flight successfully placed Korabl-Sputnik 2
Vostok-L
Soviet spacecraft launched 1962
Venera 2MV-1 No.2, also known as Sputnik 20 in the Western world, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Venera programme
Venera_2MV-1_No.2
Branch of engineering
term aerospace. In response to the USSR launching the first satellite, Sputnik, into space on October 4, 1957, U.S. aerospace engineers launched the first
Aerospace_engineering
American super heavy-lift expendable rocket
by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was liquid-fueled. Thirteen Saturn
Saturn_V
U.S. satellite in 1957
orbit around the Earth, after the successful Soviet launches of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2. Vanguard TV-3 was a small satellite designed to test the launch
Vanguard_TV-3
Historical period started in 1957
of Sputnik. In June 1944, a German V-2 rocket became the first manmade object to enter space, albeit only briefly. In March 1926 American rocket pioneer
Space_Age
Soviet rocket scientist (1900–1974)
he was a lead scientist for the Sputnik 1 rocket and satellite. He designed the first Soviet liquid-propellant rocket, he proposed the clustered-booster
Mikhail_Tikhonravov
First satellite launched by the United States (1958)
satellite Sputnik 1 was 83.6 kg (184 lb). The instrument section at the front end of the satellite and the empty scaled-down fourth-stage rocket casing orbited
Explorer_1
Soviet space mission
Mars 2MV-4 No.1 also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars programme, and was intended
Mars_2MV-4_No.1
American sinologist (born 1943)
Goodrich, Michigan. He was inspired by the Soviet launching of the Sputnik rocket in 1957 to study engineering. But once enrolled at Michigan State University
Robert_E._Hegel
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
attacked by nuclear-tipped Soviet rockets in under 30 minutes. The steady beeping of the radio beacon aboard Sputnik 1 as it passed overhead every 96 minutes
Moon_landing
Objects intentionally placed into orbit
satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 under the Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer. Sputnik 1 helped
Satellite
Russian rocket engineer and scientist (1926–2020)
Union with ICBM capability. Daron's engines were also used for the Sputnik rocket and for all Soviet Union piloted spacecraft; Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz
Anatoliy_Daron
First rockets
first satellite, Sputnik 1, and later Yuri Gagarin, the first man into space, and the first lunar and planetary probes. This rocket is still in use today
History_of_rockets
each of whom published works proposing rockets as the means for spaceflight. The first successful large-scale rocket programs were initiated in Nazi Germany
History_of_spaceflight
1958 film by W. Lee Wilder
Sidney Fleischman. A German scientist who knows the secrets of the Sputnik rocket programme goes on the run from the Soviets. Steve Brodie as Vic Cabot
Spy_in_the_Sky!
Soviet lunar lander that failed to achieve planned orbit
Sputnik 25, was a Soviet spacecraft which launched in 1963, but was placed into a useless orbit due to a problem with the upper stage of the rocket that
Luna_E-6_No.2
American rocket used by space program
US lift capability would surpass the Soviets, after being behind since Sputnik. The Saturn project was started as one of a number of proposals to meet
Saturn_I
Danish suborbital rocket
31 August 2010, the UC3 Nautilus pushed the launch platform Sputnik carrying the rocket and spacecraft from Copenhagen towards the launch area near Nexø
HEAT_1X_Tycho_Brahe
Soviet anti-satellite weapon program
the cheaper DS-P1-M satellite, launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Later IS-A tests intercepted DS-P1-M satellites, or the Lira
Istrebitel_Sputnikov
1999 film by Joe Johnston
In October 1957, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. Witnessing Sputnik as it passes over the mining community of Coalwood
October_Sky
English suffix from Slavic languages
as in the case of the terms coined for the failed rocket launch of the U.S. satellite rival to Sputnik, such as kaputnik, dudnik and flopnik among others
-nik
Maiden flight of Sputnik 8A91 15 May 1958, 07:00 Sputnik (8A91) B1-1 LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Sputnik 3 Final flight of Sputnik rocket 24 May 1958, 10:30
List of R-7 launches (1957–1959)
List_of_R-7_launches_(1957–1959)
carrier rocket placed the spacecraft into orbit, flying from 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan: the same launch pad used by Sputnik 1. Progress
Sputnik_40
Soviet space probe launched in 1961; first spacecraft to fly by Venus
Venus 1), also known as Venera-1VA No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 8, was the first spacecraft to perform an interplanetary flight and the
Venera_1
Early Soviet rocket research bureau
supervise the design of Sputnik I and the Luna programme, headed GIRD's 2nd Brigade, was responsible for the first Hybrid-propellant rocket launch, the GIRD-9
Group for the Study of Reactive Motion
Group_for_the_Study_of_Reactive_Motion
Conspiracy theory about Soviet cosmonauts
as it had become jammed into its booster rocket. According to the NASA NSSDC Master Catalog, Korabl Sputnik 1, designated at the time 1KP or Vostok 1P
Lost_Cosmonauts
Spaceport in Kazakhstan leased to Russia
Soviet space program. The Cosmodrome served as the launching point for Sputnik 1 and Vostok 1. The launchpad used for both missions was renamed "Gagarin's
Baikonur_Cosmodrome
French small-lift launch vehicle
The Diamant rocket (French for 'diamond') was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not
Diamant
Theatre ballistic missile
Union until 1962. A sounding rocket derivative, the R-2A, tested a prototype of the dog-carrying capsule flown on Sputnik 2 in 1957. The same year, the
R-2_(missile)
Rocket engine
launched the Korabl-Sputnik 4 mission to orbit. On April 12, 1961, the RD-0109, as part of the Block-E stage of the Vostok-K 8K72K rocket, propelled the historic
RD-0109
Franco-Russian amateur radio satellite launched in 1998
carrier rocket placed the spacecraft into orbit, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan: the same launch pad used by Sputnik 1. Progress
Sputnik_41
Space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Wall – last section removed (authentic) Early satellites Sputnik 1 (flight-ready backup) Sputnik 2 (engineering model) Early space programs Vostok space
Cosmosphere
Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
columnist Iain MacIntyre compared him to a rocket, calling him "the fastest Soviet creation since Sputnik". MacIntyre's comments are credited for laying
Pavel_Bure
Space program of the Soviet Union
spacecraft were small, and launched by Molniya rockets. Starting with two failures in 1969, the heavier Proton-K rocket was used to launch larger 5 tonne spacecraft
Soviet_Mars_program
Book by Homer Hickam
satellite Sputnik, decides to join the American team of rocket engineers called the Missile Agency when he graduates from school. (Note: In the book Rocket Boys
October_Sky_(book)
Four-stage American expendable launch vehicle (1958)
orbit. Following the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957 (and the resulting "Sputnik crisis") and the failure of the Vanguard 1 launch
Juno_I
Small recreational rocket
trying to make their own rocket engines. With the launch of Sputnik, many young people were trying to build their own rocket motors, often with tragic
Model_rocket
Missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
complete a successful flight, on 21 August 1957. A modified R-7 launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, on 4 October 1957, linking early ICBM
Ballistic_missile
Location used to launch and receive spacecraft
Kazakhstan, started as a Soviet military rocket range in 1955. It achieved the first orbital flight (Sputnik 1) in October 1957. The exact location of
Spaceport
Norwegian space research facility
Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1. The Norwegian scientists named the rocket "Ferdinand" after the story of the peaceful bull
Andøya_Space
1950s supersonic intercontinental cruise missile
without the liquid fuel rocket engine developments accomplished in the Navaho program. The launch of the Soviet Satellite Sputnik in October 1957 only finished
SM-64_Navaho
US Nuclear thermal rocket engine project (1956–1973)
precipitated the Sputnik crisis, and triggered the Space Race. President Dwight D. Eisenhower responded by creating ARPA to oversee military rocket and technology
NERVA
Russian aerospace company
Rocket and Space Centre "Progress" (Russian: Ракетно-Космический Центр «Прогресс», romanized: Raketno-Kosmicheskiy Tsentr "Progress"), commonly known as
Progress_Rocket_Space_Centre
English alternative rock band
Leaders of the Free World (2005), The Seldom Seen Kid (2008), Build a Rocket Boys! (2011), The Take Off and Landing of Everything (2014), Little Fictions
Elbow_(band)
Russian scientist (1857–1935)
17 September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert
Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky
2018 book about the Apollo 8 mission
Post: "'Rocket Men' opens in summer 1968, with the space race in high gear. The Soviet Union had already put the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, as well
Rocket_Men_(book)
U.S. expendable launch system
NOTS-EV-1 Pilot, better known as NOTSNIK (pronounced notsnik a play on "sputnik") was an expendable launch system and anti-satellite weapon developed by
NOTS-EV-1_Pilot
Soviet rocket
Semyorka rocket and had four stages. The rocket was given the name Molniya due to the large number of Molniya communication satellites the rockets launched
Molniya_(rocket)
Nano-satellite launched April 2, 1999
Sputnik 99 (Russian: Спутник 99, also Radio Sputnik 19 or RS-19) launched on April 2, 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board a Soyuz-U-PVB launch
Sputnik_99
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
building a rocket to lift satellites into orbit, but the resulting Vanguard rocket launch system was unreliable. In 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 1, a belief
Wernher_von_Braun
Category of space launch vehicle
based on the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Sputnik was a small-lift derivative that carried the first satellite into orbit
Medium-lift_launch_vehicle
Human spaceflight programme of the Soviet Union
(1964–1965) programmes. The programme consists of the Soyuz capsule and the Soyuz rocket and is now the responsibility of Roscosmos. After the retirement of the
Soyuz_programme
American sounding rocket
The Aerobee rocket was one of the United States' most produced and productive sounding rockets. Developed by the Aerojet Corporation, the Aerobee was designed
Aerobee
Apollo program test launch
ahead of the Soviets, after being behind for more than six years since Sputnik. The major changes that occurred on SA-5 were that for the first time the
Saturn_I_SA-5
Museum dedicated to space exploration
like the first person in space Yuri Gagarin, the rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, the satellite Sputnik and the spacecraft Soyuz. On Cosmonautics Day, 2009
Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Memorial_Museum_of_Cosmonautics
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A compassionate kind hearted friend
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Beautiful; Radiant
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Tamil
Prayer, Worshipped
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Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Illuminating; Radiant
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Tamil
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Austerities
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Gathering
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu
Lustrous; Water; Brightness
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n.
A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
n.
Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
n.
Rocket larkspur. See below.
n.
An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
n.
Damewort.
n.
A blunt lance head used in the joust.
n.
An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
n.
An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
n.
A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
superl.
Full of spunk; quick; spirited.
imp. & p. p.
of Rocket
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rocket
n.
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
n.
See Spunk.
v. i.
To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
n.
An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color.