Question

What was Sputnik?

an artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
a U.S. spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union
a U.S. warship destroyed by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
a Soviet spaceship

Answer 1

It was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.


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