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The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. Throughout the 1960s and during the Cold War, space was a testing ground for government-funded satellites sent by the Soviets and the...
There are 20 countries that have launched at least 14 satellites currently orbiting our planet. But there is one nation that for the time being has orbited the field many times over. (Also see, 20 of...