Sputnik_launch Published on January 3, 2019 in 4 January 1958Full resolution (821 × 653) ← Previous Sputnik I launch, Site No. 1, Scientific-Research Test Range No. 5, Tyuratam, Kazakh S.S.R., 19:28:34 4 October 1957 UTC (5 October, Tyuratam). (RKK Energiya/Solaris ID 38466)