Vanguard Radiation Balance [NASA]
The Vanguard Radiation Ballance satellite was a magnesium alloy sphere (20 inches in diameter) intended to measure the solar-Earth heating process which generates weather.
A faulty second stage pressure valve of the Vanguard launch vehicle caused a mission failure.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Science |
Operator: | NASA |
Contractors: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
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Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Batteries |
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Mass: | 10 kg |
Orbit: |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Vanguard SLV6 (Radiation Balance Satellite) | 1959-F04 | 22.06.1959 | CC LC-18A | F | Vanguard |