Happy Birthday, Sputnik!

By Robert Birming in Everything Else on Oct 4, 2007 at 7:21 am

Today it’s exactly 50 years since the Soviet Union launched their Sputnik 1 – the world’s first artificial satellite to be put into geocentric orbit.

Link [Wikipedia] – via Prylfeber


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  1. Kurt
    Oct 4th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    Oh man! I had a big long post about how Sputnik didn’t go into geocentric orbit. Then I realized what I thought geocentric referred to was actually geosynchronous. So to prevent someone else from looking like a moron, I’m posting this and providing this helpful link:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_orbit

  2. GeekAlerts
    Oct 4th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    Thanks for the link Kurt!

    I noticed now that Google has a Sputnik logo for this special day.

  3. Kerozene
    Oct 4th, 2007 at 7:29 pm

    Sputnik is that old? wow.

    Hmm i suddenly crave potato.

  4. Lasse
    Oct 5th, 2007 at 2:22 am

    How come soviet space names are so much cooler than the americans? “Sputnik” sounds cool even today, while “Explorer 1″ sounds like a Ford from 1996

    Other cool soviet space names: Luna, Venera, Zond, Proton. Now those are proper spaceships. :-)

  5. GeekAlerts
    Oct 5th, 2007 at 4:04 am

    I totally agree with you Lasse. :)


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