Eastern Daylight Time- is abbreviated as EDT. Fort Myers Beach, Florida is GMT/UTC - 5h during Standard Time. Fort Myers Beach, Florida is GMT/UTC - 4h during Daylight Saving Time. Fort Myers Beach, Florida does utilize Daylight Saving Time. Fort Myers Beach, Florida started Daylight Saving Time on. Sunday March 12, 2017 at 2:00 AM local time.
Taking all markets-commercial, civil government and military-combined, the average satellite mass is likely to drop by 5 percent, to 4,166 pounds (1,890 kg), in the coming 10 years compared to the previous period, Euroconsult concludes.
A+E Networks. The Soviet Union inaugurates the âSpace Ageâ with its launch of Sputnik, the worldâs first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for âsatellite,â was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes.