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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 26, 1958, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 28, 1958, 3:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

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Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1958, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.

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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 29, 1958, 2:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

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Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 27, 1958, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

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Juno-I | Explorer 3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 26, 1958, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.

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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 17, 1958, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

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Juno-I | Explorer 2

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 5, 1958, 6:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 5, 1958, 7:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

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Juno-I | Explorer 1

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 1, 1958, 3:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

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