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Ariel 1 - First British satellite

author: D.Ducros/Novapix

reference: e-sat01-91100

Image Size 300 DPI: 84 * 56 cm

Ariel 1 was the first British-American satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme. Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States.

Keywords for this photo:

1962 - 2023 - ARIEL - ARIEL 1 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - COSMIC RAY - ILLUSTRATION - POSTER - SPACE - UNITED KINGDOM -