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Vanguard
Vanguard · Earth Science
1959Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Vanguard is a scientific satellite to measure the Earth's magnetic field, solar X-ray radiation and its effects on the Earth's atmosphere and the near-Earth micrometeoroid environment.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- US Navy
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2