Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union.
													
																	First satellite launched by russia. 
									
	
		
	
																	The soviet union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on 4 october 1957. 
																	Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path. 
																	The first two lithuanian satellites were launched together. 
																	Lithuania was formerly occupied by the soviet union. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Sputnik 1 helped to identify the density of high atmospheric layers through measurement of its orbital change and provided data on radio signal distribution in the ionosphere. 
																	The world s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22 8 inches in diameter weighed only 83 6 kg. 
																	Sputnik and the dawn of the space age history changed on october 4 1957 when the soviet union successfully launched sputnik i. 
																	Sputnik 1 ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The first artificial satellite was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union on 4 october 1957 under the sputnik program with sergei korolev as chief designer. 
																	Except the first which launched on a kosmos 3m rocket. 
																	The spacecraft named sputnik after the russian word for satellite was launched. 
																	The soviet union inaugurates the space age with its launch of sputnik the world s first artificial satellite. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Russia launches 3 gonets communication satellites 18 international smallsats. 
																	Both carried to the international space station and deployed later in the year.