It was launched into orbit on the Explorer 7 satellite in 1959.
In 1953 he first proposed the use of the R-7 design for launching a satellite into orbit.
However, a space gun has never been successfully used to launch an object into orbit.
Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth.
Indonesia plans to launch its first satellite into orbit in 2014.
It is to be launched into orbit next Monday on an 18-month mission.
No one noticed when they finally began launching the pieces of the new station into orbit in late 1998.
Even so, it would still take years to launch enough of the disks into orbit before they have any effect.
This satellite was launched into orbit from a military base in China.
To do so, it had to launch satellites into orbit, at huge cost.