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No, the first man-made satellite was launched in 1957 by the then Soviet Union: The Sputnik-1 satellite.

Natural satellites of courses existed since the creation of our solar system. For example, our moon can also be called a satellite of earth, but you are probably asking about man-made satellites?

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