Even though the Sputnik satellite was the size of a basketball, it could be seen on Earth with binoculars or even , depending on your position, with just your eyes. The only real reason the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik was to beat the US into space. They saw that the US was close to sending a satelite into space and they wanted to beat them into space. The secound sputnik soon followed the first. It held a dog as a passenger. This immenced the “space race” which lasted from 1957- 1975. The launch of the
Even though the Sputnik satellite was the size of a basketball, it could be seen on Earth with binoculars or even , depending on your position, with just your eyes. The only real reason the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik was to beat the US into space. They saw that the US was close to sending a satelite into space and they wanted to beat them into space. The secound sputnik soon followed the first. It held a dog as a passenger. This immenced the “space race” which lasted from 1957- 1975. The launch of the