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Explorer 1 60th Anniversary
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During a ceremony at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 26 a historical marker is unveiled noting the launch of America's first satellite, Explorer 1. From the left, Ray Sands, chairman of the Air Force Space and Missile Foundation -- sponsor of the marker, Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander and director of the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. The Explorer 1 satellite was launched atop a Jupiter C rocket on Jan. 31, 1958.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineExplorer 1 60th Anniversary. NASA/KSC, 2018-01-31. Public domain. ID: KSC-20180131-PH_KLS01_0116.
