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Vanguard

Statusretired
CountryUnited States
Number of launches11
First launch1957-12-06
Last launch1959-09-18

Launches by year:


Latest launches:

Launch dateLaunch siteRocket / VariantPayloadStatus
1959-09-18Cape CanaveralVanguard X-248Vanguard 20in Magnetometerfailure
1959-06-22Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 20in Radiation balance #1failure
1959-04-14Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 13in Magnetometer #1 / Vanguard Balloonfailure
1959-02-17Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 2 (20in Cloud cover #2)success
1958-09-26Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 20in Cloud cover #1failure
1958-06-26Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 20in Lyman-Alpha #2failure
1958-05-28Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 20in Lyman-Alpha #1failure
1958-04-29Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 20in X-ray #1failure
1958-03-17Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 1 (6.5in #3)success
1958-02-05Cape CanaveralVanguard Vanguard 6.5in #2failure

Variants:

(This section is under construction)

Vanguard

First launch1957-12-06
Mass10.05 t
Height23 m
Payload capacity:
LEO9 kg to 200 km

Vanguard X-248

First launch1959-09-18