<P> The designers , engineers and technicians who developed the rocket and satellite watched the launch from the range . After the launch they drove to the mobile radio station to listen for signals from the satellite . They waited about 90 minutes to ensure that the satellite had made one orbit and was transmitting , before Korolev called Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev . </P>
<P> The designers , engineers and technicians who developed the rocket and satellite watched the launch from the range . After the launch they drove to the mobile radio station to listen for signals from the satellite . They waited about 90 minutes to ensure that the satellite had made one orbit and was transmitting , before Korolev called Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev . </P>
who was the leader of the soviet union when sputnik was launched
who was the leader of the soviet union when sputnik was launched
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev