Photo location: Construction of Sputnik 1 at 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 space age.
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 Sputnik shock in the West. The United States was surprised by the Soviet Union’s technological superiority, which further intensified the space race between the superpowers.