On that day, Canada became the third country to have a satellite in space.

An interview with one of the people who worked on it can be found at:

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/quirksaio_20120929_11777.mp3

It starts after 36:40.

More about Alouette 1 is at:

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/alouette.asp http://www.crc.gc.ca/en/html/crc/home/alouette/alouette http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-049A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alouette_1

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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL