FIRST - Canadian Satellite - Ottawa, Ont.
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Alouette 1 is a deactivated Canadian satellite that studied the ionosphere. Launched in 1962, it was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
Waymark Code: WM13WDE
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/01/2021
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On September 29, 1962 the Canadian-built Alouette I satellite was launched into orbit aboard a Thor-Agena launch vehicle. It was the first satellite launched into space which was built entirely by a country other than US or USSR.
This success was followed by three more scientific satellites to study the effects of the inosphere on radio communications in the North from the orbital altitude of approximately 1000 km.
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The satellite on display at the Space and Aviation Museum is prototype S72-2. The satellite that was launched is expected to orbit the Earth for a thousand years.
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