Download 3D Model Sputnik-1 ussr 3D Model

Sputnik-1 is the first artificial Earth satellite, a Soviet spacecraft launched into orbit on October 4, 1957. The code for the satellite is “PS-1” (“Simplest Sputnik-1”). The launch was carried out from the 5th research area of ​​the Ministry of Defense of the USSR “Tyura-(Which later received the open name of the Baikonur cosmodrome) on the Sputnik rocket, which was created on the basis of the intercontinental ballistic missile R-7.The creation of an artificial Earth satellite, led by the founder of practical cosmonautics, SP Korolev, worked scientists M. Keldysh, M. K. Tikhonravov, N. S.Lidorenko, G. Yu. Maksimov, V. I. Lappo, K. I. Gringauz, B. S. Chekunov, A. V. Bukhtiyarov and many others.The launch date of “Sputnik-1” is the beginning of the space age of mankind, and in Russia it is celebrated every year as a memorable day of the Space Forces.In honor of the first artificial Earth satellite, a plain is named on the surface of Pluto (the name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union on August 8, 2017)