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banner[0]='that Canada became the third country to have a satellite in space when the Alouette I was launched in 1962?'

banner[1]='that the very first American spaceflight (Alan Shepherd, in 1961) included Canadian technology on the spacecraft?'

banner[2]='that between 1958 and 1989, over 3500 suborbital flights were launched from the Churchill Research Range in northern Manitoba?'

banner[3]='that Canada is one of the founding members of the International Satellite Telecommunication Organization (Intelsat)? Canada is also a founding member of Inmarsat, an international organization for satellite communications between sea and land.'

banner[4]='that the Eagle - the landing module used by the first Americans on the Moon - used landing gear built in Quebec?'

banner[5]='that with the launch of the Anik A-1 satellite in 1972, Canada became the first country with a domestic communications satellite in geostationary orbit? Much later, in 1982, Anik C-3 was deployed - the first direct broadcast satellite for commercial use.'

banner[6]='that Voyager 2 - one of the first space probes to leave the solar system - uses Canadian-designed equipment?'

banner[7]='that the very first Canadarm was launched onboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1981? Because of the success of the Canadarm on American missions, Canadians were invited to fly in space.'

banner[8]='that in 1983, the first Canadian astronauts were selected, with Marc Garneau becoming the first Canadian in space in 1984?'


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