The satellites beginning
Wow! Look at that satellite! It’s smaller than I thought it’ll be. ’’Yeah! It is’’ said my friend . Do you want to know more about satellites’’yes!’’
The first satellite.
The sputnik 1 was the first satellite to be launched in history.It was launched in the year 1957 on 4th october,and the soviet union had launched it.It was 84 kg’s and it looked like a metal beach ball with whiskers.
2. sputnik 2.
The sputnik 2 was 8 times larger than sputnik 1 and there was a dog named Laika in the satellite,and yet this satellite was successfully in the orbit.
3.u.s.a
The race was going on but Russia had already sent 2 satellites in the orbit and the U.S.A had failed after fail though they had the Germans helping them but they sent a satellite that lasted 1m and another one that lasted 5km called Vanguard 1. So, this made them embarrassed. But then the Soviet Union (Russia) had sent Sputnik 3 which weighs 1.5 tonnes! But suddenly in 1960, the U.S.A had sent 20 satellites!
4.The first people on the moon.
In 1969 10th July Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon and with the help of satellites they have pictures of them being on the moon.
5.Today.
Today there are around 3000 satellites in orbit and the satellites give us info about space and they warn us about war and natural disasters. Satellites also give us internet which is very useful and as the years pass the number of satellites will go up and up.