The Story of Satellites

By degraffj
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    Artificial Satellites

  • Sputnik Becomes the First Artificial Satellite

  • Explorer 1 - First US Artificial Satellite

  • Project Score - First Communications Satellite

  • 1st Weather Satellite Launched

  • First Recovery of Film from a Spy Satellite (CORONA)

  • Telstar 1 - First to Relay TV

  • Mariner 2 Launch - Flyby of Venus

  • Syncom 2 - 1st Satellite in Geosynchronous Orbit

  • SKYLAB - 1st Space Station

  • Launch of MIR Space Station

  • Hubble Space Telescope Launched

  • Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

  • DISH Network Started using Echostar 1

  • Iridium 1 - First Satellite Telephone

  • International Space Station Launched