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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USA. Agency: U.S. Navy. Radiation, micrometeoroid data.
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Vanguard 3 Chronology
14 April 1959
Vanguard 3A Program: Vanguard. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Vanguard. FAILURE: Second stage damaged at separation. Mass: 10 kg.
22 June 1959
Vanguard 3B Program: Vanguard. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Vanguard. FAILURE: Failure - unknown cause. Mass: 10 kg.
18 September 1959
Vanguard 3 Program: Vanguard. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Vanguard. Mass: 23 kg. Perigee: 512 km. Apogee: 3,413 km. Inclination: 33.4 deg. Radiation, micrometeoroid data. Third stage failed to separate from payload. Partial Failure.
Bibliography:- 126 - Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
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