How the US Launched Its First Satellite
60 years ago, in January 1958, the United States launched its first satellite, Explorer 1. We want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please take a moment to fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Thank you! Host: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, Inerri, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/multi/explorer.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2013-033A’ https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/expinfo.html https://www.popsci.com/interservice-rivalry-that-delayed-americas-first-satellite-launch#page-3 https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1957-001B https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1957-002A http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a285101.pdf ---------- Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Explorer1.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/images/history/October1957_2.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sputnik_1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vanguard_TV3.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sputnik_8K71PS_grey.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(rocket)#/media/File:GPN-2002-000184.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_I#/media/File:Juno-1_explorer-2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Explorer1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1#/media/File:Explorer_1_During_the_Installation_to_Jupiter-C.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1958-02-03_First_US_Satellite_Launched.ogv https://www.nasa.gov/content/earths-changing-vistas https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-icon-explores-the-boundary-between-earth-and-space https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/mission_gold.html https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-s-tess-mission-cleared-for-next-development-phase