December 18,1999.
The satellite which was launched recently by nasa is terra.
The First satellite to be launched by NASA was Explorer Eight in 1960. The first satellite be to be launched by the USA was Explorer One on January 31st 1958.
It named Terra.
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mercury
NASA
Mercury
Launched the first satellite- Sputnik.
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
It made US create NASA to compete with the Soviets.
The smallest satellite was also NASA's first micro-satellite launched from Alaska on November 20, 2010. The satellite's name was FASTSAT or the USA 220.
When the Soviets launched their satellite, named "Sputnik", almost immediately the United States established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (known as NASA) in July of 1958.