When Vanguard 1 was launched, its only companions were Explorer 1 and Sputnik 2. Soon it may have thousands of descendants swarming around it. The little satellite meant to represent the peaceful ...

This makes Vanguard Earth’s longest-orbiting artificial satellite, as well as the oldest ... launched into orbit — Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 — were sent on smaller rockets.

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958. Nevertheless, despite setbacks, Vanguard 1 did reach ...

Courtesy of Aerospace Agency Development of a capture satellite to bring back Our Star 2 Researchers refer to Vanguard 1 as "a time capsule of the space age." Its significance is not merely ...

Launched in March 1958 and named Vanguard-1, it was the first satellite powered by solar electric ... and evaluation) and Part 2 (if practical, capture and return to Earth). These could be done ...

Official responsibility for the satellite fell to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which based the design on German V-2 and Viking rockets used to probe Earth's upper atmosphere. Vanguard's ...

The Navy will have overall supervision of Project Vanguard. The satellite itself is the responsibility of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Its size has not ...

The satellite, named Vanguard-1, was a test of launch capabilities during the early days of the historic space age. Other satellites of its time have reentered through Earth’s atmosphere ...

This makes Vanguard Earth’s longest-orbiting artificial satellite, as well as the oldest human-made object ... The first two satellites successfully launched into orbit — Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 — ...