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Satellites


1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)

1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket

1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit

1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49

1964 U.S.S.R. launch 3 Kosmos satellites

1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral

1945 Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit

1851 William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus

1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos

1799 William Lassell, discoverer, satellites of Uranus and Neptune

1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede


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