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This dimension names the agency or company that actually operates a spacecraft. Wikipedia notes that only a handful of nations have orbital launch technology, among them "Russia (Roscosmos), the United States (NASA)" and "Japan (JAXA)," each operating its own fleet of spacecraft. Browsing this way collects every spacecraft run by the same operator.

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Field Origin Era
1944 1
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1. Wikipedia: V-2 rocket
Wikimedia FoundationV-2 rocket, lead section
Quote, V-2 rocket, lead section
After an altitude of 100 km was selected to define the edge of space, the V-2 rocket also became retroactively the first artificial object to travel into space with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944.
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