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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 has been unveiled noting the launch of America's first satellite, Explorer 1. The satellite was launched atop a Jupiter C rocket on Jan. 31, 1958. During operation, the satellite's cosmic ray detector discovered radiation belts around Earth which were named for Dr. James Van Allen, principal investigator for the satellite.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineExplorer 1 60th Anniversary. NASA/KSC, 2018-01-31. Public domain. ID: KSC-20180131-PH_KLS01_0159.
