1959 · US Navy
Vanguard
failureVanguard | Vanguard
The Vanguard satellite was a 13 inch spherical satellite which contained a precise magnetometer to map the Earth's magnetic field. The satellite was lost together with the Vanguard Balloon when the Vanguard launch vehicle second stage was damaged during staging.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 14, 1959 at 02:49 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 18A
- Mission
- Vanguard
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit