LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Fri Sep 26 1958
United States Navy
Vanguard
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(3:38 PM UTC)
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(3:38 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(3:38 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
VanguardDescription:
The Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused by the surprise launch of Sputnik 1 led the U.S., after the failure of Vanguard TV3, to quickly orbit the Explorer 1 satellite using a Juno I rocket, making Vanguard I the second successful U.S. orbital launch.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 18A