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

8. India - 18 July 1980

9. Israel - September 19, 1988

• Russia - January 21, 1992

• Ukraine - August 31, 1995

10. Iran - February 2, 2009

11. DPRK - December 12, 2012

12. Republic of Korea - 30 January 2013

13. 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.