First Satellites Countrywise

S.No.	Event	Name of the Satellite	Date
1	First Satellite	Sputnik (USSR)	04 Oct 1957
2	First American Satellite	Explorer 1	01 Feb 1958
3	First British Satellite	Ariel 1	26 Apr 1962
4	First Canadian Satellite	Alouette 1	01 Sep 1962
5	First Italian Satellite	San Marco 1	15 Dec 1964
6	First French Satellite	Asterix	26 Nov 1965
7	First Japanese Satellite	Osumi	11 Feb 1970
8	First Chinese Satellite	Dong Fang Hong 1	24 Apr 1970
9	First Indian Satellite	Aryabhata	19 Apr 1975
10	First Israeli Satellite	Ofeq 1	19 Sep 1988
11	First Iranian Satellite	Sina 1	28 Oct 2005