Subject: [amsat-bb] 1961-12-12: OSCAR 1
It's quite amazing when one considers the historical context:
1957-10-04: Sputnik 1 launched 1959-09-12: Luna 2 launched to moon, impacted 1959-09-13 1960-08-12: Echo 1 launched 1961-04-12: Vostok 1 with Yuri Gagarin 1961-05-05: Freedom 7 with Alan Shepard 1971-07-21: Liberty Bell 7 with Gus Grissom 1961-08-06: Vostok 2 with Gherman Titov 1961-12-12: OSCAR 1 launched 1962-02-20: Friendship 7 with John Glenn 1962-07-10: Telstar 1 launched 1962-08-27: Mariner 2 launched to Venus, closest approach 1962-12-14
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
Yes - Oscar-1 is listed by NORAD as the 241st manmade object to reach orbit. Then just 8 1/2 years later two men were landed on the moon and 12 years after that the first Shuttle flew, very approximately 50, 40 and 30 years ago!
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Graham G3VZV