Dwight Eisenhower was the President on January 31, 1958 when the first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went into orbit.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president during the time that the U.S. launched its Explorer 1 satellite, the following year after the Soviets launched their Sputnik-I in 1957.
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.
The first artificial satellite was "Sputnik", launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
GOES was first launched on June 16,1978
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
The first successful US satellite , Explorer launched 1/31/58
The satellite Asterix was launched on November 26, 1965. It was the first French satellite to be launched into space.
Russia developed and launched the first satellite Sputnik1, launched in 1957.
The USSR launched Sputnik I, the first successful artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite.
Aryabhata was the first satellite launched by India. It was launched on April 19, 1975 from Kapustin Yar. The satellite got its name from the Indian astronomer.
The first artificial Earth satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on the 4th of October 1957the moon, because it orbits the earthThe first satellite launched was 'Sputnik' - the first communications satellite was 'Telstar' launched on Oct 27 1962