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  2. Timeline of first orbital launches by country - Wikipedia

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    Its first successful launch was performed on September 28, 2008, by Falcon 1 from the Omelek Island, Marshall Islands and its first launch from a US spaceport was Falcon 9 Flight 1 on June 4, 2010, from Cape Canaveral. Its Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on October 11, 2012, to deliver supplies.

  3. Algerian Space Agency - Wikipedia

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    Alcomsat-1 : is the first Algerian communication satellite, it was successfully launched 10 December 2017, carried by Chinese launcher Long March 3B, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. [13] Algeria controls its in-orbit operation, management, and applications from Algerian ground stations.

  4. List of rocket launch sites - Wikipedia

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    Space Centre Australia secured land for main site facilities for space launch, located 43km east of Weipa, close to RAAF Scherger in 2023. [90] Final approvals may come under Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation. [90] Previously a Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at

  5. History of space in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of space in Africa is the history of space activity by or sent from Africa.. Africa has had since 1947 launch sites, with the first independent space programs having been set up early into the Space Age, and African countries participating within the United Nations in developing international space law.

  6. Astérix (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    Astérix or A-1 (initially conceptualized as FR.2 or FR-2) is the first French satellite. It was launched on 26 November 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, Algeria. With Astérix, France became the

  7. Hammaguir - Wikipedia

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    Between 1947 and 1967 there was a rocket launch site, the Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Centre (abbreviated CIEES in French), near Hammaguir, used by France for launching sounding rockets and the satellite carrier "Diamant" between 1965 and 1967. The Diamant launch pad at Hammaguir is located at 30° 46′ 41″ N, 3° 3′ 14″ W.

  8. List of first satellites by country - Wikipedia

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    Launched on same rocket as first Monégasque satellite. NEMO-HD: Space-SI: UTIAS / Space-SI: Monaco: OSM-1 Cicero: Orbital Solutions Monaco: Orbital Solutions Monaco Launched on same rocket as first two Slovenian satellites. Paraguay: GuaraniSat-1: Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project Kyushu ...

  9. Timeline of spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    The list for the year 2024 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, the FAI-recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL). [1]