launched fromUSA

Vanguard SLV-4

Name: Vanguard SLV-4
Start: 1959-02-17T15:55:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

FEB 17195915:55:00 UTC

The first weather satellite

LIFTOFF

FEB 17 1959

15:55:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-18ACanaveral

Payload

Vanguard 2

scientific satellite

10.75 kg