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1962 in spaceflight; The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States. Orbital launches; First: 13 January: Last: 22 ...
Year Date Origin Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. 508 kg (1,118 lb) December 6 US ...
Decayed from orbit on 17 October 1962. Ariel 1: United Kingdom: 26 April 1962: NASA-SERC: Ionospheric studies; decayed from orbit on 24 May 1976. Kosmos 5: Soviet Union: 28 May 1962: Kosmos 8: Soviet Union: 18 August 1968: Micrometeoroid detection; discovered meteoroid flux Alouette 1: Canada: 29 September 1962: DRDC: Ionospheric studies TAVE ...
First television image of Earth from space and first weather satellite picture. [22] August 18, 1960 CORONA "First space-based Earth observation system"; [23] its first successful mission was Discoverer 14 on 19 August 1960 with the recovery of photographic film from an orbiting satellite. [23] [24]
Timelapse satellite video taken from space shows the rapid expansion of the California wildfires, offering a harrowing look at how quickly the blazes exploded over the last two days amid powerful ...
10 July 1962 – Telstar 1, the first satellite to be used commercially, is launched on the first commercially sponsored space launch, aboard a Thor-Delta rocket. [ 2 ] 31 August 1962 – President John F. Kennedy signs the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 providing the regulatory framework for private companies in the United States to own ...
26 April 1962 Earth: Alouette 1: 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). [64] Canada 29 September 1962 Venus: Mariner 2: First planetary flyby with communication contact. Distance of 34,762 kilometres ...
14 July 2023 Lunar orbiter, lander and rover; first soft landing near the lunar South Pole [496] [497] Luna 25: 10 August 2023 Attempted lunar south pole lander (crashed into Moon) [498] [499] Aditya-L1: 2 September 2023 Sun-observing spacecraft at Sun–Earth L 1 [500] SLIM (LEV-1, LEV-2) 6 September 2023 Lunar flyby, lander and rovers [501 ...