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First British satellite in space (on American rocket) July 10 US: Telstar 1: Thor-Delta: Earth Success: Communication satellite July 22 US: Mariner 1: Atlas-Agena: Venus Failure: Software related guidance system failure, range safety officer ordered destroyed after 294.5 seconds after launch. August 27 US: Mariner 2: Atlas-Agena: Venus Success
Space probes are satellites designed for robotic space exploration outside of Earth, and space stations are in essence crewed satellites. The first artificial satellite launched into the Earth's orbit was the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. As of December 31, 2022, there are 6,718 operational satellites in the Earth's orbit, of ...
First communications satellite [1] First test of a space communications relay system First (recorded) voice transmission (U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower) December 18, 1958 United States: TIROS-1: First satellite to transmit television images from space (weather) April 1, 1960 United States: Echo 1: First passive reflector communications satellite
Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory, Center of Scientific Innovation and Education Falcon 9: Vandenberg SLC-4E: 1 December 2023 Formerly part of the Soviet Union. Launched on the same rocket as the first Irish satellite Ireland: EIRSAT-1: University College Dublin: University College Dublin Launched on the same rocket as the first Armenian ...
Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes – A comprehensive list of artificial satellites and space probes. Timeline of space travel by nationality; Timeline of spaceflight – Chronological list of events in spaceflight broken down as a separate article for each year
The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology is involved in designing and building Taiwanese nuclear weapons, [100] [101] [102] hypersonic missiles, spacecraft and rockets for launching satellites while the National Space Organization is involved in space exploration, satellite construction, and satellite development as well as ...
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. [6]
First satellite designed and constructed by a country other than the USA or USSR (the British satellite Ariel 1, launched five months earlier, was designed and constructed by the USA). [62] Canada 29 September 1962 Venus: Mariner 2: First planetary flyby with communication contact. Distance of 34,762 kilometres (21,600 mi). USA 14 December 1962 ...