Vanguard Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

26 Sep 1958, 3:38pm

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Site

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Launch Complex 18A

Launch Service Provider

US Navy logo

US Navy

Vehicle

Vanguard

Mission

Vanguard

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Medium Earth Orbit

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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