Model of the first artificial satellite, Satellite Number 1, shown at the exhibition of Cosmonautics and Aviation Center which will be opened at renewed pavillion No 34, Space, at VDNKh. This is a full-sized model of the spacecraft which kick started the space era. This is an exact copy of the original satellite which was placed into orbit on October 4, 1957 from the Tyuratam station, which later became known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 02.03.2018
- Date published: 07.03.2018
- Author: Anton Denisov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5472x3648px, 4.9Mb