Re: Who invented the satellite?

Date: Mon Jan 31 11:13:20 2005
Posted By: Steve Sell, Staff, Aerospace Engineering, Payload Systems Inc.
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1106752202.Eg

Message:

Brooke, There's actually two answers to your question. The idea of a satellite was thought of more than 300 years ago by Isaac Newton. You can read more about it here:

http://www.smgaels.org/physics/97/CMATHIEZ.HTM

But it wasn't unilt the 1950's that technology had progressed far enough to be able to use the idea that Isaac Newton had. Finally, on October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into Earth orbit - it was called Sputnik 1. A google search for Sputnik would return a lot of good information on that.

Good luck with your report!

-Steve

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