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Explorer I First American Satellite

United States · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1958

Dwight David Eisenhower31 January 1958

Cape Canaveral · Science / Astronomy

The United States launches Explorer I, its first successful artificial satellite.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

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