VANGUARD 1

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VANGUARD 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 5

Int'l Code: 1958-002B

Launch date: March 17, 1958
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

Vanguard 1 was a small earth-orbiting satellite designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit. It also was used to obtain geodetic measurements through orbit analysis.

1 00005U 58002B   26249.49937457  .00000280  00000-0  36445-3 0  9996
2 00005  34.2440  63.3681 1837167 145.1802 228.4045 10.86046069452124

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC