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April 26, 1962: Britain Launches Its 1st Satellite making it the third country with a satellite
On April 26, 1962, Britain launched its first satellite, Ariel 1 This made the United Kingdom the third country to have a satellite in orbit after the U.S. and the Soviet Union — but they didn’t launch it themselves. Ariel 1 launched on an American Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. […]