EVENT INFORMATION

4
Òktober
1957

Sputnik 1 launched into orbit

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📅 4 Òktober 1957 📍

The Soviet Union placed the first artificial satellite in orbit using a rocket program tied to both scientific exploration and military capability. The launch was a technological achievement built through labor and infrastructure across the Union, including the Kazakh test range.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Sergei Korolev

engineers

launch-site workers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Soviet space program

Baikonur Cosmodrome