Vanguard TV-5
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Vanguard TV-5, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Five, was a failed flight of the American Vanguard rocket following the successful launch of Vanguard 1 on Vanguard TV-4. Vanguard TV-5 launched on 29 April 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT, from Launch Complex 18A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was unsuccessful in its attempt to place an unnamed satellite into orbit.[1]
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Names | Vanguard Test Vehicle-Five |
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Mission type | Earth science |
Operator | U.S. Navy |
Mission duration | Failed to orbit |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Vanguard TV-5 |
Spacecraft type | Vanguard |
Manufacturer | Naval Research Laboratory |
Launch mass | 9.75 kg (21.5 lb) |
Dimensions | 50.8 cm (20.0 in) of diameter |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 29 April 1958, 02:53:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vanguard TV-5 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-18A |
Contractor | Glenn L. Martin Company |
End of mission | |
Decay date | Failed to orbit |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 655 km |
Apogee altitude | 3970 km |
Inclination | 34.20° |
Period | 134.0 minutes |
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