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Luna 1 was the first successful flyby satellite launch to the Moon.
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
Sputnik
The first successful flyby satellite launch to the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 1 mission on January 2, 1959. Luna 1 passed within 5,995 km of the Moon's surface before becoming the first artificial object to orbit the Sun.
The USSR launched Sputnik I, the first successful artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957.
The name of the US's first successful spy satellite was CORONA. It was launched in 1960 and played a crucial role in gathering intelligence during the Cold War.
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(C) china was successful in their first satellite launch, which occured before the United States could launch their first satellite.
The name of the first NASA satellite was Explorer 1, launched on January 31, 1958. It was the United States' first successful satellite and was instrumental in the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts.
The Russians launched the first successful satellite. The leader of the project was lead by Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov as head Soviet rocket engineer.