Explorer 1 it was the american answer to the soviet union s sputnik 1 which kicked off the space age when it launched.
First american satellite in orbit.
Space force is deploying troops to a vast new frontier.
The first successful u s.
Space efforts abreast of recent soviet achievements such as the launching of the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 in 1957.
Participation in the international geophysical year the mission followed the first two satellites the previous year.
Satellites have undergone a major evolution since those challenging first days but the world we live in now where information about our planet is gathered from space and sent around the globe in the blink of an eye wouldn t be possible without the earliest hardware to orbit the earth.
In 1960 time reported that a satellite was engaged in a polar orbit of earth.
As well as for the american space program.
This was 3 years prior to the first human made satellite sputnik 1 being launched.
The first american satellite in space.
The 18 pound satellite had a cylindrical shape and was 80 inches long and six inches in diameter.
Successfully in 1958 and transmitted science from orbit.
Explorer 1 was launched on january 31 1958 at 22 48 eastern time february 1 03 48 utc.
Is successfully launched into space aboard the friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital.
Nasa was established in 1958 to keep u s.
Explorer 1 was the united states first satellite in space.
The soviet union s sputnik 1 and 2 beginning the cold war space race between the two nations.
Satellite explorer i was launched into earth orbit by the army on jan.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the united states and was part of the u s.
Dubai united arab emirates the newly formed u s.
John glenn becomes first american to orbit earth from cape canaveral florida john hershel glenn jr.
All known us and russian satellites were engaged in equatorial orbit instead.
31 1958 the united states launched its first successful satellite.
Launched by isro first indian low orbit earth observation satellite 1980s.
Year origin name target status description 1980.
Space force now has a squadron of 20 airmen stationed at qatar.
31 1958 at cape canaveral florida four months after russia orbited sputnik.