The Sputnik I was the first satellite launched into low earth orbit on October 4th 1957
Some national headlines from 1957 in the United States included the story of a Russian Space Satellite circling earth. Also in 1957 there were headlines announcing the United States was ready to launch its own satellite into space.
The successful Russian launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 did effectively begin the "space race." Afterwards, the United States hurried to get a satellite into orbit. It also prompted John F. Kennedy to proclaim that the United States would be the first to get a man to the moon-- by the end of the 1960s.
The United States
United States Satellite Broadcasting was created in 1981.
The first weather satellite was invented in United States.
United States Satellite Broadcasting ended in 1998.
alpha ... in 1958
A satellite map can be found on google's maps page, on a website called "mapquest", Nokia's Ovi Maps also offers a satellite map of the United States.
Russia and the United States have different government systems. Russia's government is a federation with a dictator in charge while the United States is a democracy.
Navigation is a reason for why satellites are 12,000 miles in the air. The purpose of the satellite will determine its location in the atmosphere, with global positioning for the United States of America and GLONASS for the Russian Federation claiming altitudes of 6,000 to 12,000 miles.
The first artificial satellite was the explorer one.
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.