By clinton parks space news staff writer posted.
First us satellite 1958.
Explorer 1 was the united states first satellite in space.
Explorer 1 was the first american satellite to reach orbit on 31 january 1958.
Patrick s day march 17 1958.
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Also included is a story on egypt and syria merging to form the united arab republic.
The soviet union s sputnik 1 and 2 beginning the cold war space race between the two nations.
Explorer i officially known as satellite 1958 alpha was the first united states earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the united states program for the international geophysical year 1957 1958.
Explorer 1 it was the american answer to the soviet union s sputnik 1 which kicked off the space age when it launched.
Explorer 1 was not the united states first attempt.
1958 in spaceflight a juno i launches the first american satellite explorer 1.
Vanguard 1 the world s first solar powered satellite launched on st.
It was the third successful orbiting satellite launch following the soviet union s sputnik 1 and sputnik 2 both of which launched in 1957 giving the soviet union an edge in the cold war space race.
It was well behind the soviets but that wasn t mentioned.
30 january 2008 02 49 pm et.
31 1958 the united states launched its first successful satellite.
Participation in the international geophysical year the mission followed the first two satellites the previous year.
This is a fairly standard 50s newsreel with some historical value.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the united states and was part of the u s.
50s newsreel documenting the successful launch of explorer i the first us satellite.
Explorer 1 was launched on january 31 1958 at 22 48 eastern time february 1 03 48 utc.
Explorer 1 the first american satellite to successfully launch into orbit did so from cape canaveral missile annex on january 31 1958.