sputnik

Definition of Sputnik in English :

1. sputnik

a Russian artificial satellite

Example Sentences:
'Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sputnik

noun

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

noun

[often S-]

any of a series of man-made satellites put into orbit by the U.S.S.R. beginning in October, 1957

n.

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