Your birth year
2006
Sputnik 1
1957Space
Sputnik 1 is 49 years older than you
It's from 1957, before you were born.
- Launch
- 1957
- Type
- Artificial satellite
- Milestone
- First satellite
About
As of 2026, it's 69 years old.
Sputnik 1 launched in 1957 and turned Earth orbit into a political, scientific, and technological frontier.
Its radio beeps were simple, but the message was huge: space was now reachable by machines made on Earth.
Sputnik 1 through the years
1957
1957
First artificial satellite
Sputnik 1 entered orbit.
You were born — 2006
