Sputnik (redirected from Sputnik program)

Sput·nik  (sptnk, spt-, sptnyk)

n.

Any of a series of Soviet satellites sent into Earth orbit, especially the first, launched October 4, 1957.

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[Russian sputnik (zemlyi), fellow traveler (of Earth) : so-, s-, together; see ksun in Indo-European roots + put', path, way; see pent- in Indo-European roots + -nik, n. suff.]

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Sputnik [ˈspʊtnɪk ˈspʌt-]

n

(Astronautics) any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites, Sputnik 1 (launched in 1957) being the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth

[from Russian, literally: fellow traveller, from s- with + put path + -nik suffix indicating agent]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sputnik - a Russian artificial satellite; "Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth" artificial satellite, orbiter, satellite - man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

Translations

sputnik [ˈspʊtnɪk] N → satélite m artificial

Sputnik

n → Sputnik m

sputnik [ˈspʊtnɪk] n → sputnik m inv