1959 · US Navy

Vanguard III

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Vanguard 3 is a scientific satellite to measure the Earth's magnetic field, solar X-ray radiation and its effects on the Earth's atmosphere and the near-Earth micrometeoroid environment.

Overview

Date / time: September 18, 1959 at 05:20 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 18A
Mission: Vanguard III
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1

VANGUARD 3

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