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April 26th in Astronomy and Space Science
Unmanned Spaceflight1962USSR launches Cosmos 4, the first Soviet weather satellite.
Unmanned Spaceflight1962US launches the British Ariel 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral. The first international satellite, it measures X-rays and cosmic rays from Earth orbit. It is also the first non-US, non-USSR spacecraft to enter space.
Invention1967Italian San Marco 2 satellite launched from a platform off coast of Kenya marking the first launch from a sea-based platform.
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