Photo location: Construction of Sputnik 1 at the design bureau OKB-1 (today RKK Energiya) in Podlipki near Moscow (today Korolev), under the direction of Sergei Korolev. Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome as the world’s first artificial Earth satellite.

Sputnik 1. The photographs show the historic launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, which ushered in the era of spaceflight.
Sputnik 1 in space: The spherical satellite model with four long antennas orbits the Earth. Sputnik transmits radio signals that can be received worldwide.
The Sputnik launch marked the beginning of the Space Age and triggered the Sputnik shock in the West. The United States was surprised by the Soviet Union’s technological superiority, further intensifying the space race between the superpowers.