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Vanguard II
Vanguard · Earth Science
1959Launch Complex 18A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Vanguard II is an Earth orbiting satellite and the first weather satellite. It was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit for a period of 19 days and to provide information on the density of the atmosphere.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- US Navy
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Orbit
- MEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2