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Alouette I made Canada a satellite builder in 1962

A replica of Alouette I displayed at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto, in 2009; not the satellite that flew.
A replica of Alouette I displayed at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto, in 2009; not the satellite that flew. CanadianAirAndSpaceMuseum-AlouetteIReplica-Feb2109 · User:Captmondo · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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With the launch of Alouette I on 29 September 1962, Canada became the third nation, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to design and build its own satellite.

Scope & context

Alouette I’s place in space history, not the full Alouette/ISIS program or its scientific results.

Sources behind this record

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Canadian space milestones ↗

Canadian Space Agency

1962; 1981; 1984