Why Russia named Sputnik

The Reason Behind Sputnik

Russia announces advanced COVID-19 vaccine trials of Sputnik V in 40,000 volunteers over six months.

The world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus to receive a government go-ahead has caused unease among international medical experts, who called Russia’s fast-tracked approval and failure to share any data supporting claims of the vaccine’s efficacy a major breach of scientific protocol. 

But Why Russia? Why it named Sputnik? Why such Race?

Sputnik

 The name Sputnik is a rocket was an uncrewed orbital carrier rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union, derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October 1957, it was used to perform the world's first satellite launch, placing Sputnik 1 into a low Earth orbit.

The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II. The technological advantage required to rapidly achieve spaceflight milestones was seen as necessary for national security, and mixed with the symbolism and ideology of the time. The Space Race led to pioneering efforts to launch artificial satellites, uncrewed space probes of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and to the Moon.

The competition began in earnest on August 2, 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement four days earlier of intent to launch artificial satellites for the International Geophysical Year, by declaring they would also launch a satellite "in the near future". The Soviet Union achieved the first successful launch with the October 4, 1957, orbiting of Sputnik 1, and sent the first human to space with the orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961

Covid Vaccine of Russia

Russia is open to international cooperation in fighting the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future pandemics. Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' for the foreign markets. It is a reference to the world's first satellite Sputnik and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine

Russian Economic Condition

Russia, the largest country on Earth in terms of landmass, is the 11th-largest economy in the world, with a nominal GDP of $1.63 trillion. Russia moves up the ladder to the sixth spot for rankings, with a $4.21 trillion GDP based on PPP

Directly or Indirectly Russia trying to kindle The United State for the vaccine race...!

Reason

The final conclusion Russia is trying to uphold the lost reputation on economic status with other countries help of the covid vaccine. So as a symbolic representation the Russian Government named the vaccine as Sputnik were it could give the winning of vaccine race, Same as the Space race.

What do you think..! Can communist win again...?