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Explorer 1 60th Anniversary
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Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander and director of the Eastern Range, right, speaks with Launch team members who supported the launch of America's first satellite, Explorer 1. They spoke following an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of America's first satellite. The ceremony took place in front of the Space Launch Complex 26 blockhouse at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where 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_0140.
