First Us Satellite To Orbit Earth

31 1958 at cape canaveral florida four months after russia orbited sputnik.
First us satellite to orbit earth. Participation in the international geophysical year the mission followed the first two satellites the previous year. This clue was last seen on new york times crossword february 6 2017 crossword in case the clue doesn t fit or there s something wrong please contact us. Not included are most earth science satellites commercial satellites or manned missions. Or 183 9 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit earth on its elliptical path.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the united states and was part of the u s. The early years of space exploration were fueled by the cold war. First satellites from each country are included. The first successful u s.
In april 1961 gagarin was the first man in space and his spacecraft vostok 1 made a full orbit before returning to earth. Satellite explorer i was launched into earth orbit by the army on jan. The beep beep sound transmitted by the satellite was nervously heard around the free world and pressure mounted for the united states to respond. Explorer 1 was the united states first satellite in space.
John glenn the first american astronaut to orbit the earth and a legendary figure in the american space flight program has died ohio gov. Less than one month later shepard was launched into space aboard. Explorer i s small package of instruments produced the first major discovery of the space age the van allen radiation. Explorer 1 was launched on january 31 1958 at 22 48 eastern time february 1 03 48 utc.
On this page you will find the solution to first satellite to orbit earth crossword clue. The 18 pound satellite had a cylindrical shape and was 80 inches long and six inches in diameter. The soviet union won the first round in october 1957 by placing sputnik into earth orbit. The world s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22 8 inches in diameter weighed only 83 6 kg.