Everybody wants to make their own achievement sound better.

• The UK was the third country with a satellite, but didn’t fully build their own satellite.
• Canada was the fourth, but third to fully build their own satellite, but they didn’t use their own rocket.
• Italy was the fifth and also launched a satellite they built, but used an American rocket.
• France was the sixth country with a satellite, but the first to launch outside the US or USSR using their own rocket.
• Australia was the seventh country with a satellite, but the third to launch a satellite in its own territory; France launched from Algeria in 1965 which had been independent since 1962. But, Australia used an American rocket, not its own design.
• West Germany was the eighth country with a satellite, but it was launched from a US rocket on a US base.
• Japan was the ninth country with a satellite, but it used its own rocket from its own territory. So, 9th with a satellite, 5th to launch outside the US and USSR, 4th to launch from its own territory, and 4th to launch with its own rocket.