Astérix ( satellite ) - Wikipedia Astérix ( satellite ) Astérix Replica of Astérix at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Paris Le Bourget Mission type Technology Operator CNES Harvard designation 1965 - 096A COSPAR ID 1965 - 096A SATCAT no. 1778 Mission duration 111 days Spacecraft properties Launch mass 42.0 kilograms ( 92.6 lb ) Start of mission Launch date 26 November 1965, 09 : 52 ( 1965 - 11 - 26UTC09 : 52Z ) UTC Rocket Diamant A Launch site Hammaguir Brigitte End of mission Last contact 28 November 1965 ( 1965 - 11 - 29 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis 7,468.0 kilometres ( 4,640.4 mi ) Eccentricity 0.08023 Perigee 527 kilometres ( 327 mi ) Apogee 1,697 kilometres ( 1,054 mi ) Inclination 34.30 degrees Period 107.5 minutes Epoch 1965 This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2016 ) Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from Hammaguir, Algeria. With Astérix, France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite in orbit after : USSR ( Sputnik 1, 1957 ), the United States ( Explorer 1, 1958 ), the United Kingdom ( Ariel 1, 1962 ), Canada ( Alouette 1, 1962 ) and Italy ( San Marco 1, 1964 ), and the third to launch a satellite on its own ( the UK, Canada and Italy 's satellites were launched on American rockets ). The satellite was originally designated A-1, as the French Army 's first satellite, but later renamed after the popular French comics character Astérix. Due to the relatively high altitude of its orbit, it is not expected to re-enter Earth 's atmosphere for several centuries. Data Weight : 42 kg Perigee : 527 km Apogee : 1697 km Inclination : 34.3 degrees Orbital period : 107.5 minutes and 5 seconds See also Spaceflight portal Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes French space program External links Astronautix.com Free paper model of Astérix satellite ← 1964 Orbital launches in 1965 1966 → Kosmos 52 OPS 3928 OPS 7040 OV1 - 1 TIROS - 9 OPS 4703 Kosmos 53 OSO - 2 LES - 1 DS - P1 - Yu No. 2 Apollo AS - 103 Pegasus 1 Ranger 8 DS - A1 No. 6 Kosmos 54 Kosmos 55 Kosmos 56 Kosmos 57 OPS 4782 Kosmos 58 Surveyor SD - 1 Kosmos 59 NRL PL142 GGSE - 2 GGSE - 3 SECOR 3 Solrad 7B Surcal 4 Dodecapole 1 OSCAR 3 OPS 7087 SECOR 2 Kosmos 60 OPS 4920 Kosmos 61 Kosmos 62 Kosmos 63 OPS 7353 Voskhod 2 Ranger 9 Gemini III Kosmos 64 OPS 4803 OPS 4682 SECOR 4 Intelsat I F1 Luna E-6 No. 8 Kosmos 65 Molniya 1 - 01 OPS 4983 OPS 6717 Explorer 27 OPS 5023 LES - 2 LCS - 1 Kosmos 66 Luna 5 OPS 8431 OPS 8386 Apollo AS - 104 Pegasus 2 Kosmos 67 OPS 5236 OV1 - 3 Explorer 28 Gemini IV Luna 6 OPS 8425 Kosmos 68 Titan 3C - 7 OPS 8480 Kosmos 69 OPS 5501 OPS 6749 TIROS - 10 Kosmos 70 OPS 5810 Zenit - 2 No. 28 Kosmos 71 Kosmos 72 Kosmos 73 Kosmos 74 Kosmos 75 Proton 1 OPS 8411 Zond 3 OPS 5543 OPS 6577 OPS 6564 ERS - 17 Kosmos 76 Apollo AS - 105 Pegasus 3 Kosmos 77 OPS 5698 OPS 6761 SEV SECOR 5 Surveyor SD - 2 OPS 8464 Dodecapole 2 Tempsat - 1 Long Rod Calsphere 4A Surcal 5 Kosmos 78 OPS 7208 Gemini V ( REP ) Kosmos 79 OSO - C OPS 3373 Kosmos 80 Kosmos 81 Kosmos 82 Kosmos 83 Kosmos 84 Kosmos 85 OPS 8068 Kosmos 86 Kosmos 87 Kosmos 88 Kosmos 89 Kosmos 90 OPS 7221 Kosmos 91 OPS 7208 Luna 7 OV1 - 2 OPS 5325 OGO - 2 Molniya 1 - 02 OV2 - 1 LCS - 2 Kosmos 92 Kosmos 93 GATV 5002 Kosmos 94 OPS 2155 Proton 2 Kosmos 95 Explorer 29 OPS 8293 OPS 6232 Venera 2 Venera 3 Solrad 8 Kosmos 96 Kosmos 97 Astérix Kosmos 98 Alouette 2 Explorer 31 Luna 8 Gemini VII FR - 1 OPS 7249 Kosmos 99 Gemini VIA Pioneer 6 Kosmos 100 Kosmos 101 OV2 - 3 LES - 3 LES - 4 OSCAR 4 OPS 1509 OPS 4639 Kosmos 102 Kosmos 103 DS - K - 40 No. 1 Payloads are separated by bullets ( ), launches by pipes ( ). 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Question: which was the third country to launch an artificial satellite in 1965 named asterix
Answer: France