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What is the first name of the first satellite put into orbit by the us?
Telstar
Name of first satellite put into orbit by US?
Explorer
What type of satellite did the US first launch into orbit?
eplorer
When was the satellite placed into orbit?
Explorer 1 (1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the US.
Why did the space race happen?
The Soviet Union put "Sputnik" the first satellite in orbit, and the US saw their superiority as a threat and had to catch up.
Did the US launch an artificial satellite first?
Who tried first isn't known, but the then Soviet Union were the first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit
What was the first US spaceship to orbit the earth?
voyager Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit the earth. It was proceeded by two Soviet Sputnik satellites.
Which president was in office when the first US satellite was launched?
Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958 when the first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went into orbit.
Was the Soviet Union or US first in lauching a satellite into orbit?
I don't know who attenpted the first failed launch, but the first artificial satellite that successfully achieved orbit was Sputnik-1, launched from the USSR in October, 1957.
What was the first space satellite of the US?
Explorer 1 was the first US object to be launched into Earth Orbit January 31st, 1958.
The Soviet Union launched an aitificial satellite into orbit before after the US launched one?
Who tried first isn't known, but the then Soviet Union were the first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit with the sucsessful launch of Sputnik 1As a result, President Kennedy made his famous speech that promised to put an American on the moon in 10 years time.
What soviet accomplishment prompted us to be the first country to put a man on the moon?
The launching of the satellite Sputnik, the first satellite in the world.
