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What was the first satellite put in to orbit by the US?
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When the United States first put the first satellite into orbit
was in 1958!
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The Soviet Union put "Sputnik" the first satellite in orbit, and
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Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958
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first
artificial satellite that successfully achieved orbit was
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What was the first space satellite of the US?
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Orbit January 31st, 1958.
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How did the US respond to the launch of the first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union?
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What soviet accomplishment prompted us to be the first country to put a man on the moon?
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What was the first us satellite in space?
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the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
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The Soviet Union launched an aitificial satellite into orbit before after the US launched one?
The Soviet Union launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik
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What was the first artificial satellite and when was it launched?
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1 and it was launched
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The first US satellite was Explorer I on January 31, 1958.
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What were the headlines in 1958?
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Which country was the first country to put a satellite in space?
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launch sparked a crisis within the US which precipitated the space
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Names of manmade satellite?
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The oldest satellite still in orbit is Vanguard, launched in
1958 by the US.
There are now thousands of satellites currently in orbit,
including communications satellites, GPS satellites, and the
International Space Station.
if you would like to see a real-time 3-D plot of satellites now
in orbit, check out the JTRACK 3D web site from NASA.
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What country did the first person in space come from?
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What is the first artificial satellite the the US placed in orbit?
The first successful U.S. satellite launched into Earth orbit
was Explorer I. It was launched by the Army on Jan. 31,
1958, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, four months after Russia orbited
Sputnik. The 18-pound satellite had a cylindrical shape and was 80
inches long and six inches in diameter.
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What was sputnik and when was it launched?
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launched January 31, 1958.
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What was the first US telecommunications satellite?
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Did the Soviet Union launch an artificial satellite before or after the US launched one?
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first to succeed in getting a satellite into orbit
with the sucsessful launch of Sputnik 1
As a result, President Kennedy made his famous speech that
promised to put an American on the moon in 10 years time.
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Why did Sputnik create tension in the US?
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