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Alouette 1, was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (or NASA for short) from the Pacific Missile Range in California at 6:05am on September 29, 1962, making Canada the third country to put a satellite in Earth’s orbit (in what is called the ionosphere). It was launched 5 years after the U.S.S.R. (now the Russian Federation) launched its satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957 and 4 years after the American satellite Explorer 1 was launched in 1958.

Alouette, was used to study the ionosphere, an area of the upper atmosphere where many future satellites would be placed in orbit. Alouette’s mission was a complete success and the Canadian director, John Herbert Chapman, became a little bit famous.

The satellite was built in a pair so that if the first one broke they could launch the backup in just a couple of months. It took 3½ years after Alouette’s proposal to have it developed and built. When completed Alouette weighed 145kg. AlouetteAlouette is the name of two Canadian satellites: Alouette 1 Alouette 2 Alouette also means skylark in French; the bird is also the subject of a popular children's song of the same name. Also, the Alouette was a passenger train operated by the Boston & Mai was launched from a Thor-Agena B two-stage rocketFor rocket lettuce, see arugula; for the early steam locomotive, see Stephenson's Rocket, for the sugar candy, see Rockets. A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of a fast moving exhaust from withi.

Alouette 1's backup was later launched as Alouette 2Alouette 2 was launched on November 29, 1965. It was (like its predecessor) designed to explore the ionosphere. The name "Alouette" came from the French for " skylark" and from the title of a popular French-Canadian folk song. Alouette II was also known a in 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N to 'replace' the older Alouette 1..

The name "Alouette" came from the FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to for " skylarkMirafra ''Pinarocorys ''Heteromirafra ''Certhilauda ''Chersomanes ''Eremopterix ''Ammomanes ''Alaemon ''Ramphocoris ''Melanocorypha ''Calandrella ''Spizocorys ''Eremalauda ''Chersophilus ''Galerida ''Pseudalaemon ''Lullula ''Alauda ''Eremophila Larks are" and from the title of a popular French-Canadian folk song.

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Alouette 1Alouette 1 was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (or NASA for short) from the Pacific Missile Range in California at 6:05am on September 29, 1962, making Canada the third country to put a satellite in Earths orbit (in what is c

Alouette 2Alouette 2 was launched on November 29, 1965. It was (like its predecessor) designed to explore the ionosphere. The name "Alouette" came from the French for " skylark" and from the title of a popular French-Canadian folk song. Alouette II was also known a

AlouetteAlouette is the name of two Canadian satellites: Alouette 1 Alouette 2 Alouette also means skylark in French; the bird is also the subject of a popular children's song of the same name. Also, the Alouette was a passenger train operated by the Boston & Mai

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