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What Was The Name Of The First U.s Satellite Launched In To Space?

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    The first
    US satellite to be launched into space was named Explorer 1. It was launched on
    1st February in the year 1958. It was launched into space from the Cape
    Canaveral Air Force Station.  The duration
    of its mission was 111 days and had a mass of 13.97 kilogram. Its orbital
    period was 114.8 minutes. The satellite program had been started in the year
    1954 but the actual efforts began in response to the launch of Sputnik I by the
    Soviet Union. 
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