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This Day Jan 31 - Explorer 1
January 31st 2007 09:21
information extracted from Reference.com This day marks the day where the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I. Explorer-I, officially name Satellite 1958 Alpha (and sometimes referred to as Explorer 1), was the first Earth satellite of the United States, having been launched at 10:48pm EST on January 31 (03:48 on 1 February in GMT), 1958, as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year. The satellite was launched from LC-26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on board a Juno I rocket.
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