NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Vanguard TV3BU

Launch Time
Wed Feb 05, 1958 07:33 UTC

Loss of control 57 seconds after launch.

Rocket

Vanguard
US Navy
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 135 kN
Payload to LEO: 10 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 23.0 m

Mission Details

Vanguard TV3BU

Vanguard TV3BU was the third U.S. attempt to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth. It was a small satellite designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and study the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit. It also was to be used to obtain geodetic measurements through orbit analysis.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

LC-18A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1958

2nd orbital launch attempt

Vanguard

2nd mission
1st mission of 1958
2nd failed mission