1959 · US Navy
Vanguard III
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Vanguard 3 is a scientific satellite to measure the Earth's magnetic field, solar X-ray radiation and its effects on the Earth's atmosphere and the near-Earth micrometeoroid environment.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 18, 1959 at 05:20 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 18A
- Mission
- Vanguard III
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit