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Vanguard
Vanguard · Earth Science
1959Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- US Navy
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2