Vanguard II Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
17 Feb 1959, 3:55pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 18A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Vanguard II
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Medium Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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