Participation in the international geophysical year.
Explorer 1 satellite launch.
Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the united states when it was sent to space on january 31 1958.
Following the launch the spacecraft was given its official name explorer 1.
Army ballistic missile agency was directed to launch a satellite using its jupiter c rocket developed under the direction of dr.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the united states when it was sent into space on january 31 1958.
Explorer 1 fast facts.
After two days of delays explorer 1 was launched atop a jupiter c rocket from cape canaveral florida on jan.
The 1958 launch of the satellite twice the size of a basketball was an important moment for the country as the space race with the.
A quick response to the soviet union s launch of sputnik 1 explorer 1 s success marked the beginning of the u s.
Launch of explorer 1 satellite.
Following the launch of the soviet union s sputnik 1 on october 4 1957 the u s.
The soviet union s sputnik 1 and 2 beginning the cold war space race between the two nations.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the united states and was part of the u s.
Explorer 1 was launched on january 31 1958 at 22 48 eastern time atop the first juno booster from lc 26 at the cape canaveral missile annex in florida.
January 31 1958 launch.
It was the first spacecraft to detect the va.
The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year.
Explorer 1 was the united states first satellite in space.
May 23 1958 signal ended when batteries ran out.
In january 1958 the united states launched its first satellite from cape canaveral florida in response to the soviet union s launch of the sputnik satellite.
It took a little over 90 minutes before the satellite s signal was tracked and mission leaders could confirm its success.
In the following decades nearly a hundred spacecraft would be given the designation explorer the satellite continued to transmit data for about four months until its batteries were exhausted and it ceased operating on may 23 1958.