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  • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    2 months ago
    From one of the comments

    Countries listed by the first launches of artificial Earth satellites:

    1. USSR - 1957

    2. USA - 1958

    3. UK - 1962

    4. Canada - 1962

    5. Italy - 1964

    6. France - 1965

    7. Australia - 1967

    8. Europe - 1968

    9. Germany - 1969

    10. Japan - 1970

    11. China - 1970

    12. Poland - 1973

    13. Netherlands - 1974

    14. Spain - 1974

    15. India - 1975
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    Countries listed by the first launches of space satellites with their own launch vehicles:

    1. USSR - October 4, 1957

    2. USA - February 1, 1958

    3. France - November 26, 1965

    4. Italy - April 26, 1967

    5. Japan - February 11, 1970

    6. China - April 24, 1970

    7. UK - October 28, 1971

    • European Union - December 24, 1979

    1. India - 18 July 1980

    2. Israel - September 19, 1988

    • Russia - January 21, 1992

    • Ukraine - August 31, 1995

    1. Iran - February 2, 2009

    2. DPRK - December 12, 2012

    3. Republic of Korea - 30 January 2013

    4. New Zealand - January 21, 2018
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    Countries listed by the first flights of astronauts:

    1. USSR - April 12, 1961

    2. USA - May 5, 1961

    3. Czechoslovakia - March 2, 1978

    4. Poland - June 27, 1978

    5. GDR - 26 August 1978

    6. Bulgaria - April 10, 1979

    7. Hungary - May 26, 1980

    8. Vietnam - July 23, 1980

    9. Cuba - September 18, 1980

    10. Mongolia - March 22, 1981

    11. Romania - May 14, 1981

    12. France - June 24, 1982

    13. FRG - November 28, 1983

    14. India - April 3, 1984

    15. Canada - October 5, 1984
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    Countries listed by the number of first-of-its-kind spacecraft (remarkable, of historical significance, with achievements that were made for the first time by one of the countries) until 1992:

    1. USSR - 21

    2. USA - 15

    3. EU - 1
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    Countries listed by the number of spacecraft launched to explore the solar system, as well as first-of-its-kind or noteworthy vehicles launched into low Earth orbit before 1992:

    1. USSR - 115

    2. USA - 84

    3. EU - 4

    4. Japan - 4

    5. Germany - 2

    6. UK - 1
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    Countries listed by the number of successful orbital launches (not including emergency and partially emergency) until 1992:

    1. USSR - 2278

    2. USA - 903

    3. Japan - 42

    4. France - 39

    5. China - 27

    6. EU - 13

    7. Kenya* - 9

    8. India - 3

    9. Australia - 2

    10. Israel - 2

    • Italian naval spaceport “San Marco” located off the coast of Kenya and used to launch American missiles “Scout”.
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    Countries listed by the lowest proportion of emergency orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

    1. USSR - 5.54%

    2. EU - 7.14%

    3. USA - 11.25%

    4. Japan - 12.24%

    5. France - 14.89%

    6. China - 17.65%
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    Countries listed by the lowest proportion of accidental and partially accidental orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

    1. USSR - 7.13%

    2. EU - 7.14%

    3. Japan - 14.29%

    4. USA - 14.65%

    5. France - 17.02%

    6. China - 20.59%
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    The number of dead astronauts:

    • when performing space flight: in the USSR - 4, in the USA - 14;

    • in preparation for space flight: the USSR - 1, the USA - 5.