Jan 31 1958

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EXPLORER I, first U.S. earth satellite, launched by modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C, with US-IGY scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, which discovered the radiation belt around the earth.

Click on the player to see a video clip from this day "Army Explorers in Space".



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