launched fromUSA

Vanguard TV4

Name: Vanguard TV4
Start: 1958-03-17T12:15:41Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

MAR 17195812:15:41 UTC

Vanguard 1 was the second satellite launched by the United Stated and the first satellite to have solar electric power.

LIFTOFF

MAR 17 1958

12:15:41 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-18ACanaveral

Payload

Vanguard 1

experimental satellite

1.47 kg