Question by Frazier21: What is the actual size of the Sputnik and how it works?
Yes, finally I may know the answer behind this! I never seen a sputnik compared to size
it was a part of the russian rocket and projected off itt right
no stars for long article styled answers
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Answer by tsr21
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik
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tralala_lala_la says
The Sputnik 1 satellite was a 58.0 cm-diameter aluminum sphere that carried four whip-like antennas that were 2.4-2.9 m long. The antennas looked like long "whiskers" pointing to one side. The spacecraft obtained data pertaining to the density of the upper layers of the atmosphere and the propagation of radio signals in the ionosphere. The instruments and electric power sources were housed in a sealed capsule and included transmitters operated at 20.005 and 40.002 MHz (about 15 and 7.5 m in wavelength), the emissions taking place in alternating groups of 0.3 sec in duration. The downlink telemetry included data on temperatures inside and on the surface of the sphere.
Tom A says
Read the article.
But I will say that Sputnik 1 was a sphere just under 60cm diameter.