On 17th March, 1958, NASA launched one of it’s earliest satellites, the Vanguard 1... Read more »

On 17th February, 1959, The Vanguard 2 early weather satellite was launched... Read more »

On 1st April, 1960, The first weather observation satellite was launched, producing the first TV images from space... Read more »

On 13th April, 1960, The first navigational satellite, the Transit-1B, was launched... Read more »

On 16th February, 1961, The Explorer 9 satellite was launched... Read more »

On 27th April, 1961, The first gamma-ray detection satellite was launched... Read more »

On 19th August, 1964, The Syncom 3 communication satellite was launched, making it the first geostationary communication satellite... Read more »

On 6th April, 1965, The world’s first commercial communications satellite was launched... Read more »

On 3rd February, 1966, The ESSA-1 weather satellite was launched... Read more »

On 10th August, 1966, The Lunar Orbiter I was launched by the U.S.... Read more »