launched fromUSA

Vanguard SLV-1

Name: Vanguard SLV-1
Start: 1958-05-27T03:46:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Failure

MAY 27195803:46:00 UTC

Second stage failure. Wrong trajectory.

LIFTOFF

MAY 27 1958

03:46:00 UTC

Failure

launched from LC-18A Canaveral

Payload

Vanguard 2B

scientific satellite

9.75 kg