The United States launches the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vanguard 1">first solar-powered satellite</a>, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.<sup about="#mwt60" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_17#cite_note-10" id="mwqQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqg">[10]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt57" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBsE"><a class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-002B" id="mwBsI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Vanguard 1"</a>. <i id="mwBsM">NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive</i>. <a href="./NASA" id="mwBsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASA">NASA</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBsU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBsY">16 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt57" class="Z3988" id="mwBsc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=NASA+Space+Science+Data+Coordinated+Archive&amp;rft.atitle=Vanguard+1&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov%2Fnmc%2Fspacecraft%2Fdisplay.action%3Fid%3D1958-002B&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+17"></span></span>