Vanguard
In-activeLockheed Martin (LMT)
Oct. 23, 1957
Description
The Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused by the surprise launch of Sputnik 1 led the U.S., after the failure of Vanguard TV3, to quickly orbit the Explorer 1 satellite using a Juno I rocket, making Vanguard I the second successful U.S. orbital launch.
Specifications
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Stages
3 -
Length
23.0 m -
Diameter
1.14 m -
Fairing Diameter
1.14 m -
Launch Mass
10.0 T -
Thrust
123.0 kN
Family
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Name
Vanguard -
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Vanguard
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
9.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Lockheed Martin
Commercial
None
LMT 1953Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Vanguard | Vanguard III
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 18, 1959, 5:20 a.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 22, 1959, 8:16 p.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 1959, 2:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The Vanguard satellite was a 13 inch spherical satellite which contained a precise magnetometer to map the Earth's magnetic field. The satellite was lost together with the Vanguard Balloon when the Vanguard launch vehicle second stage was damaged during staging.
Low Earth OrbitVanguard | Vanguard II
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 17, 1959, 3:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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.
Medium Earth OrbitVanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 26, 1958, 3:38 p.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 26, 1958, 5 a.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 28, 1958, 3:46 a.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 29, 1958, 2:53 a.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 17, 1958, 12:15 p.m.
Vanguard | Vanguard
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 5, 1958, 7:33 a.m.
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