Vanguard rocket

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The Vanguard rocket was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1950s to place the first U.S. satellites into orbit during the early years of the Space Race.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vanguard rocket canonical 7
Project Vanguard 3
Vanguard SLV-2 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American launch vehicle ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
achievedOrbitWith Vanguard 1 ⓘ
configuration three-stage rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedToPlace 2.3-kilogram satellite into orbit ⓘ
developedBy Naval Research Laboratory ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
developedDuring 1950s ⓘ
developedFor United States Navy Project Vanguard ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.14 meters ⓘ
failedLaunches 8 ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1957-12-06 ⓘ
firstStageEngine General Electric X-405 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunchDate 1958-03-17 ⓘ
followedBy Juno I ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter-C rocket

Thor-Delta family ⓘ
linked to: Thor-Delta
height approximately 23 meters ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish Earth’s shape and gravitational field measurements ⓘ
launched the first solar-powered satellite ⓘ
launches 11 ⓘ
launchMass approximately 10,000 kilograms ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
notableLaunch Vanguard 1 ⓘ
Vanguard 2 ⓘ
Vanguard 3 ⓘ
Vanguard TV3 ⓘ
notablePayload Vanguard 1 satellite ⓘ
operator National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA

United States Department of Defense ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
precededBy sounding rockets such as Viking ⓘ
programName Project Vanguard ⓘ
propellantType liquid-fueled first stage ⓘ
liquid-fueled second stage ⓘ
solid-fueled third stage ⓘ
secondStageEngine Aerojet AJ10 ⓘ
stageCount 3 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successfulLaunches 3 ⓘ
successRate approximately 27 percent ⓘ
thirdStageEngine solid-propellant motor ⓘ
usedFor satellite launch ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
usedInEvent Space Race ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanguard program → rocketUsed → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard program → developedLaunchVehicle → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard TV-4 → program → Project Vanguard ⓘ
linked to: Vanguard rocket
LC-18A → associatedWithRocket → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard series → partOf → Project Vanguard ⓘ
linked to: Vanguard rocket
Vanguard series → launchVehicleUsed → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard TV3 → program → Project Vanguard ⓘ
linked to: Vanguard rocket
Vanguard TV3 → launchVehicle → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard 3 → launchVehicle → Vanguard rocket ⓘ
Vanguard → notableVariant → Vanguard SLV-2 ⓘ
linked to: Vanguard rocket