Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite launched by Humans. It was built by the Earth's Soviet Union, and its 1957 launch ushered in the Space Age. (TNG: "Loud As A Whisper" okudagram)
The Vulcans T'Mir, Mestral, Stron, and their captain went to Earth to investigate the launch. Down on the surface, the Human Jack offered to point out the satellite to T'Mir; she told him she'd seen it. (ENT: "Carbon Creek")
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- Sputnik 1 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Sputnik 1 at Wikipedia