--- title: "which country first launched satellite to space" description: "which country first launched satellite to space" author: "pooja singh" published: 2020-07-16 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92882/which-country-first-launched-satellite-to-space category: "science" tags: ["space science", "satellite", "science"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # which country first launched satellite to space which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) first launched [satellite](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/333321/satellite-communication-enabling-global-connectivity-from-space) to [space](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/341629/the-role-of-private-companies-in-the-future-of-space-exploration) ## Answers ### Answer by Adriana Michele ![which country first launched satellite to space](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/731d6e15-76d9-4370-951b-67da185c704a/images/9ae6c0af-0006-4ce9-b628-41bbcbb4974d.jpeg)\ The history of space science world changed on 4 October 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched [**Sputnik-I**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1) The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm. 22.8 in. Diameter), weighing only 83.6 kg. Or 183.9 pounds, and it took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. This satellite orbited the Earth's low orbit. The battery of this satellite stopped working after three weeks and the satellite became inactive. After this, the race for space began in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. If we talk about India's first satellite into space then The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India's first satellite; It was designed and manufactured entirely in India and was launched on April 19, 1975, by a Soviet Cosmos-3M rocket from Kapstein Yar. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92882/which-country-first-launched-satellite-to-space Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.