The world’s fourth space power
From the Kagoshima Space Center on the east coast of Japans Ohsumi Peninsula Ohsumi Japans first satellite is successfully launched into an orbit around Earth.The achievement made Japan the worlds fourth space power after the Soviet Union in 1957 the United States in 1958 and France in 1965.Two months after Japans launching of Ohsumi China became the worlds fifth space power when it successfully launched Mao 1 into space.The satellite named after Mao Zedong the leader of communist China orbited Earth broadcasting the Chinese patriotic song The East Is Red once a minute.
