Canada was the 4th country with a satellite, and the 3rd country to fully construct its own satellite. It called that satellite Alouette 1, followed by Alouette 2, then ISIS 1 and 2 (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies, not the other one).
I read in another place that Japan was the fourth to launch a satellite in February of 1970, it looks like that other article means ‘launched using their own rocktet’, and Canada launched 8 years earlier than Japan using NASA rocket
Canada was the 4th country with a satellite, and the 3rd country to fully construct its own satellite. It called that satellite Alouette 1, followed by Alouette 2, then ISIS 1 and 2 (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies, not the other one).
The list of launches is pretty funny.
Then an absolutely frantic series of US attempts
Then another Sputnik
Then more frantic attempts by the USA
PioneerExplorer 5 (failure); USAThen 1959 started with Luna 1, a partially successful launch from the USSR.
I read in another place that Japan was the fourth to launch a satellite in February of 1970, it looks like that other article means ‘launched using their own rocktet’, and Canada launched 8 years earlier than Japan using NASA rocket
Mild confusing, Pioneer 5 launched before Pioneer 1? Whose bright idea was that?
Oops, I messed up. That should have been Explorer 5.
no no your list is right it’s reality that’s wrong