1958 · US Navy
Vanguard
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Vanguard was an American satellite and the fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite to be launched. It was the first satellite to have solar electric power.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 26, 1958 at 03:38 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 18A
- Mission
- Vanguard
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit