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Vanguard
Vanguard · Earth Science
1958Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- US Navy
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Orbit
- MEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2