CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Kathmandu, April 18 Sixty-two years after the erstwhile Soviet Union launched Sputnik-1, the world’s first satellite, Nepal sent its first satellite ‘NepaliSat-1’ into space at 2:31 am today to gather detailed geographical information of the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.

Detailed explanation-3: -The USSR rocketed to the lead in the Cold War’s “Space Race” with the launch of Sputnik, a basketball-sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.