But the main deigner of sputnik 1 did not want to create danderous weapons. he wanted to explore the cosmos
-He promised the Moscow commission that the production of the R-7 rocket, which was supposed to carry nuclear weapons, would not be delayed. but that an artificial satellite was a good way to put out Americans
-Sputnik was launched on October 16, 1957, at 10:20 PM local time. The launch was to take place at night because American spy planes were flying over the USSR during the day. (32-60)
-we chose this because sp1 is an important achievement in the history of space exploration. certainly had a significant influence on the evolution of artificial satellites