First Satellites Launched By Spacefaring Nations

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The first countries to send artificial moons to orbit above Earth.

1957 Oct 4
USSR
satellite: Sputnik 1
rocket: Old Number Seven
launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome

1958 Jan 31
USA
satellite: Explorer 1
rocket: Jupiter-C
launch site: Cape Canaveral

1965 Nov 26
France
satellite: Asterix 1
rocket: Diamant
launch site: Algeria

1970 Feb 11
Japan
satellite: Ohsumi
rocket: Lambda 4S-5
launch site: Kagoshima

1970 Apr 24
China
satellite: Mao 1
rocket: Long March-1
launch site: Inner Mongolia

1971 Oct 28
Great Britain
satellite: Black Knight 1
rocket: Black Arrow
launch site: Woomera Australia

1979 Dec 24
Europe
satellite: CAT
rocket: Ariane
launch site: Kourou, French Guiana

1980 Jul 18
India
satellite: Rohini 1
rocket: Satellite Launch Vehicle
launch site: Sriharikota Island

1988 Sep 19
Israel
satellite: Horizon 1
rocket: Shavit
launch site: Negev Desert

2009 Feb 3
Iran
satellite: Omid (Hope)
rocket: Safir-2 two-stage
launch site: Semnan
Dasht-e-Kavir desert

2012 Dec 12
North Korea
satellite: Kwangmyongsong 3
(Lode Star 3)
rocket: Unha three-stage
launch site: Sohae
Satellite Launching Station

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