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Alouette 1 was Canada’s first satellite and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Canada was the fourth country to operate a satellite as the British Ariel 1 constructed in the United States by NASA preceded Alouette 1 by five months.The name Alouette came from the French meadowlark suggesting flight.

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