flown missionSuccess
Vanguard | Vanguard II
US NavyLaunch Complex 18A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Vanguard II
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Vanguard II is an Earth orbiting satellite and the first weather satellite. It was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit for a period of 19 days and to provide information on the density of the atmosphere.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Provider
- US Navy
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 18A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4493, -80.5645