voyager 1
The first satellite put into orbit by the U.S. was called Explorer 1.
Explorer
eplorer
Explorer 1 (1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the US.
Who tried first isn't known, but the then Soviet Union were the first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit
voyager Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit the earth. It was proceeded by two Soviet Sputnik satellites.
Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958 when the first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went 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.
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.
The launching of the satellite Sputnik, the first satellite in the world.
The first country to launch a satellite into space was Russia, under the Soviet Union. The satellite was 'Sputnik 1'. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It's launch sparked a crisis within the US which precipitated the space race during the Cold War.
Laika, a stray dog, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2 (nicknamed "Muttnik" in the US).