launched fromUSA

Vanguard TV3 Backup

Name: Vanguard TV3 Backup
Start: 1958-02-05T00:00:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Failure

FEB 05195800:00:00 UTC

57 seconds after launch, control of the vehicle was lost and it failed to achieve orbit.

LIFTOFF

FEB 05 1958

00:00:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-18ACanaveral

Payload

Vanguard 1B

experimental satellite

1.36 kg