Sputnik, a Russian word meaning "companion" or "satellite", is a name applied to certain spacecraft launched under the Soviet space program. "Sputnik 1", "Sputnik 2" and "Sputnik 3" were the official Soviet names of those objects, while the remaining designations in the series ("Sputnik 4" and so on) were not official names, but were names applied in the West, to objects whose original Soviet names may not have been known at the time.
Latest from Copernical Team
- Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky
- Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center as first crew for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft
- China outlines objectives for Shenzhou XVIII space mission
- Satellogic partners with O.N.E. Amazon to develop the Internet of Forests
- Mapping plant traits from space: HKU team integrates field and satellite data for ecosystem analysis
- Lynred secures contract for Sentinel-2 NG mission's advanced infrared detector
- NASA's Optical Comms Demo Achieves Data Transmission Over 140 Million Miles
- Exploring the 'electron universe': New paths in quantum geometry manipulation
- Spaceport Company and Maritime Launch Collaborate on Tracking Systems for Nova Scotia Spaceport
- SaxaVord Spaceport granted range licence by Civil Aviation Authority