The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
the name of the satellite was called Explorer
explorer i
Explorer I was the first US satellite launched January 31, 1958.
The first artificial satellite launched by the US was Explorer 1. It was launched on January 31, 1958, and its successful launch marked the beginning of the US space program. Explorer 1 discovered the Van Allen radiation belts during its mission.
The Explorer but it wasnt a rocket, it was a satellite
Explorer 1 was the first US object to be launched into Earth Orbit January 31st, 1958.
Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958 when the first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went into orbit.
Yes. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first satellite, on October the 4th 1957. The first US satellite was launched on January 31st 1958, and was called Explorer I.
Explorer I (the first US satellite to orbit the Earth) was launched on January 31, 1958, and discovered the radiation belts known as the Van Allen Belt. Additional satellites were launched to study the radiation. Unfortunately Explorer 2 (March 5, 1958) failed to reach orbit. Explorer 3, also known as Gamma 1, was successfuly orbited on March 26, 1958, becoming the second US satellite in space.
Actually, the US did not launch the first space satellite. The former USSR did, in 1957, launching Sputnik-I. The US followed in 1958 with Explorer 1, formally, Satellite 1958 Alpha. Dwight D. Eisenhower was president at that time.