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Vanguard SLV-3

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time26 Sep 195815:38 UTC

failure

Low second stage performance resulted in insufficient velocity for the third stage and payload. They completed one orbit and reached a peak altitude of 265 miles before reentering over Central Africa.

Rocket Vanguard

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-18AUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Vanguard 2Dscientific satellite10 kg-