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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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