soviet premier nikita khrushchev was the leader of the soviet union when sputnik was launched.
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the sputnik rocket was an uncrewed orbital carrier rocket designed by sergei korolev in the soviet union, derived from the r-7 semyorka icbm. on 4 october 1957, it was used to perform the world's first satellite launch, placing "sputnik 1" into a low earth orbit.





























two versions of the sputnik were built, the sputnik-ps (grau index 8k71ps), which was used to launch "sputnik 1" and later "sputnik 2", and the sputnik (8a91), which failed to launch a satellite in april 1958, and subsequently launched "3" on 15 may 1958.
sputnik (rocket)