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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.