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Vanguard 2
Earth-orbiting weather satellite. Vanguard 2 was launched on February 17, 1959 aboard a Vanguard from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1959 ALP 1NORAD 11United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Vanguard II
- Common name
- Vanguard 2
- Payload designation
- Cloud cover satellite
- Other names
- :UA,:VA,Vanguard Group II FU1:VB
- International designator
- 1959 ALP 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 11
- GCAT identifier
- S00011
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Vanguard
- Owner
- NASA BSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Naval Research Lab
- Platform (bus)
- NRL 20"
Launch
- Date
- February 17, 1959 · 15:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 1959 ALPSuccess
- Rocket
- Vanguard
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC18A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 564 km
- Apogee
- 3,304 km
- Inclination
- 32.88°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 7, 1959
- End of operations
- Mar 7, 1959
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1076866 (CC0).