1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1992 Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched
1992 India launches its 1st satellite independently
1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1988 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1987 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
1985 Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage
1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle
1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1982 Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched
1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched
1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
1978 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of U.S.S.R.
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
1973 Intelsat communications satellite launched
1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
1972 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
1971 U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1971 U.S. Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
1970 China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
1970 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit
1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970 U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
1969 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 50 and Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched
1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy
1968 Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m)
1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
1966 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus
1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S.
1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space
1965 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)
1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite
1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
1965 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
1965 U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1964 U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
1964 Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched
1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1963 U.S. launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1962 Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched
1962 Relay 1 communication satellite launched
1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket)
1962 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
1962 Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA
1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched
1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched
1961 USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
1960 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1960 Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched
1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1960 RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit
1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit
1959 Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)
1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV
1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"
1958 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched
1958 U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
1957 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up
1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3
1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1956 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
1951 S. B. Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter
1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
1908 Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
1877 Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall)
1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite
1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1671 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
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