The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_space_programme" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British space programme">British space programme</a> launches its first satellite, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_1" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ariel 1">Ariel 1</a>.<sup about="#mwt64" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_26#cite_note-11" id="mw6w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw7A">[11]</span></a></sup>
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