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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 |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Science |
| Operator: | NASA |
| Contractors: | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 10 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard SLV6 (Radiation Balance Satellite) | 1959-F04 | 22.06.1959 | CC LC-18A | F | Vanguard |
Launch Sites:
- CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
References:
- NSSDC Master Catalog: Vanguard SLV 6
Further Vanguard missions:
