alleryStart learning →The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in which year?
- 1957
- 1937
- 1977
- 1997
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Correct answer: A. 1957
Sputnik 1 was launched on 4 October 1957, which began the age of satellites.
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The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite made by humans?Read the answer and worked solution →A dog was the first living passenger to travel into orbit aboard Sputnik 2. What was her name?Read the answer and worked solution →Explorer 1's radiation detector helped scientists discover what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one is the largest artificial satellite ever put into orbit around Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer wants to watch clouds, dust storms and snow cover over a whole region from above. Which is the best tool?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1945 Clarke said how many geostationary satellites could cover Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Tsiolkovsky showed which rocket could reach orbit?Read the answer and worked solution →Newton pictured a cannonball fired from a high mountain. What did this explain?Read the answer and worked solution →Scientists watched how Sputnik 1's orbit slowly changed. This helped them learn about the density of what?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens at end of life to a demisable satellite?Read the answer and worked solution →The United States launched its first artificial satellite, Explorer 1, a few months after Sputnik 1. In which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Why use a Sun-synchronous orbit to watch Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing plant cover seen from space with its long-term average helps watch what?Read the answer and worked solution →The success of Sputnik 1 began a contest between two powers to lead in space. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →The word telescope comes from Greek words meaning 'far' and 'to look'. So it roughly means what?Read the answer and worked solution →The first practical telescopes, which used glass lenses, were invented in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1608 the spectacle maker Hans Lipperhey applied for a patent on which instrument?Read the answer and worked solution →Who heard about the Dutch telescope and in 1609 built his own to study objects in the sky?Read the answer and worked solution →Isaac Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668. What does such a telescope use to collect light?Read the answer and worked solution →Which type of telescope collects and bends light with glass lenses?Read the answer and worked solution →A telescope that combines mirrors with lenses is called which type?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are big research telescopes mostly reflectors, not refractors?Read the answer and worked solution →In which decade were radio telescopes first invented?Read the answer and worked solution →A radio telescope uses a large dish to collect which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do X-ray telescopes orbit above Earth's air?Read the answer and worked solution →Which orbiting telescope sees visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared light?Read the answer and worked solution →The James Webb Space Telescope, launched on 25 December 2021, mainly detects which kind of light?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kepler Space Telescope discovered thousands of what?Read the answer and worked solution →A building or campus holding one or more telescopes and other instruments is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Which country launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite made by humans?
- The United States
- The Soviet Union
- The United Kingdom
- The French Republic
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Correct answer: B. The Soviet Union
Sputnik 1 was a Soviet satellite, launched under the Sputnik program with Sergei Korolev as chief designer.
A dog was the first living passenger to travel into orbit aboard Sputnik 2. What was her name?
- Rocky
- Bruno
- Laika
- Max
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Correct answer: C. Laika
Sputnik 2 carried a dog named Laika, the first living passenger sent into orbit.
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