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Countries listed by the first launches of artificial Earth satellites:USSR - 1957
USA - 1958
UK - 1962
Canada - 1962
Italy - 1964
France - 1965
Australia - 1967
Europe - 1968
Germany - 1969
Japan - 1970
China - 1970
Poland - 1973
Netherlands - 1974
Spain - 1974
India - 1975
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Countries listed by the first launches of space satellites with their own launch vehicles:
USSR - October 4, 1957
USA - February 1, 1958
France - November 26, 1965
Italy - April 26, 1967
Japan - February 11, 1970
China - April 24, 1970
UK - October 28, 1971
India - 18 July 1980
Israel - September 19, 1988
Russia - January 21, 1992
Ukraine - August 31, 1995
Iran - February 2, 2009
DPRK - December 12, 2012
Republic of Korea - 30 January 2013
New Zealand - January 21, 2018
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Countries listed by the first flights of astronauts:
USSR - April 12, 1961
USA - May 5, 1961
Czechoslovakia - March 2, 1978
Poland - June 27, 1978
GDR - 26 August 1978
Bulgaria - April 10, 1979
Hungary - May 26, 1980
Vietnam - July 23, 1980
Cuba - September 18, 1980
Mongolia - March 22, 1981
Romania - May 14, 1981
France - June 24, 1982
FRG - November 28, 1983
India - April 3, 1984
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:
USSR - 21
USA - 15
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:
USSR - 115
USA - 84
EU - 4
Japan - 4
Germany - 2
UK - 1
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Countries listed by the number of successful orbital launches (not including emergency and partially emergency) until 1992:
USSR - 2278
USA - 903
Japan - 42
France - 39
China - 27
EU - 13
Kenya* - 9
India - 3
Australia - 2
Israel - 2
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Countries listed by the lowest proportion of emergency orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:
USSR - 5.54%
EU - 7.14%
USA - 11.25%
Japan - 12.24%
France - 14.89%
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:
USSR - 7.13%
EU - 7.14%
Japan - 14.29%
USA - 14.65%
France - 17.02%
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.