[DOC] [TLE] Sputnik launched - Oct 04, 1957 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Sputnik launched on Oct 04, 1957. ... 22 inches and 
weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. 
Traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, its elliptical orbit had an apogee (farthest point 
from Earth)... [DOC] [TLE] Sputnik 1 - Wikipedia [PAR] Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into 
an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter 
polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio 
pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. ... 
hour (18,000 mph; 8,100 m/s), taking 96.2 minutes to complete each orbit. [DOC] [TLE] The Dawning of the Space Age - Fact Monster [PAR] On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union put the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, 
into Earth orbit and ushered in the modern space age. ... It circled the globe every 
96 minutes at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour for 92 days until Jan. ... 3, 1957, 
the Soviet Union launched Sputnik II, the world's first satellite put into orbit with an
... [DOC] [TLE] Moon Investigative Assets: Insights - PBS [PAR] ... shocked the world when Korolev's team launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957. 
... sphere circled the earth once every 96 minutes, whizzing along at 18,000 mph 
and most .... On his 59th birthday Korolev entered an elite Kremlin hospital for 
what was ... One fact is known, the chief designer died on the operating table. [DOC] [TLE] 09-29-2011 06;06;44PM - SolderSmoke [PAR] Sep 29, 2011 ... 18,000 miles per hour. Captured by short-wave radio ... ON OCTOBER 4, 1957 
the news of the day was ... First ofcial photo of Sputnik, 184.3 pound satellite 
launched. October 4, 195?. It circled the Earth everyr 96 minutes at .... satellite 
was circling the earth once every 96 ... moon was still going strong. [DOC] [TLE] Soviet Fires Satellite into Space - Digital History [PAR] Annotation: In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the ... The 184
-pound 22.5-inch sphere orbited the earth once every 96 minutes. Sputnick 
transmitted radio signals for 21 days and later burned up in the earth's 
atmosphere. ... Soviet Union fired the first rockets to circle the moon and bring 
back pictures of... [DOC] [TLE] What Sputnik Meant to a Kid Studying Science - The New York Times [PAR] Oct 5, 2007 ... On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, ... Moving at 
18,000 miles per hour, it circled the Earth every 96 minutes, which, for a local ... 
It's a little bit like with the Chinese today: They're going to catch us on ... For many 
of us who entered Bronx Science soon after Sputnik, there was... [DOC] [TLE] THE SPACE AGE - When Science Suddenly Mattered, in Space and ... [PAR] Sep 25, 2007 ... All of a sudden everybody was talking about it, and science was above the ... and 
started having real science,'' recalled Shirley Malcolm, one of the students. .... 
artificial satellite, was launched on Oct. 4, 1957, aboard a Soviet R-7 rocket. 
Circling the Earth every 96 minutes at about 18,000 miles per hour,... [DOC] [TLE] Backreaction: Sputnik, fifty years later [PAR] Oct 4, 2007 ... On October 4, 1957, a team of Russian engineers and scientists ... transmitted a 
simple radio signal while circling the Earth once every 96 minutes at a height ... 
The New York Times commemorated the launch of Sputnik with several ... Fires 
Earth Satellite Into Space; It Is Circling the Globe at 18,000 M.P.H.;... [DOC] [TLE] Daniel Wyatt; High on History: THE DOMINO EFFECT OF SPUTNIK [PAR] Jan 31, 2015 ... The date was October 4, 1957. ... had arrived with the Soviet Union's launching of 
Sputnik--the first artificial earth satellite--in a low orbit around

Question: Launched Oct. 4, 1957, it circled the Earth once every 96 minutes, going 18,000 MPH
Answer: Sputnik