Vanguard I failed to launch. The rocket exploded on the launching pad. NACA ( yes, it was NACA at the time ) was in a hurry to catch up with the Soviets and the launch was pre-mature.
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
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EXPLORER 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Who tried first isn't known, but the then Soviet Union were the first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit
The first satellite put into orbit by the U.S. was called Explorer 1.
Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958 when the first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went into orbit.
The launching of the satellite Sputnik, the first satellite in the world.
In 1707, the first satellite was built by Morgan Fisalt.
Explorer 1 (1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the US.
december 1957