Launch · COSPAR 1959-001 · 17 Feb 1959

VANGUARD 2

Name: Launch 1959-001 — VANGUARD 2
Start: 1959-02-17
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

40% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
VANGUARD 2	11	1959-001A	Unknown	OTHER	552 / 2,894 km	32.87°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
VANGUARD R/B	12	1959-001B	Inactive	OTHER	554 / 3,284 km	32.90°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
VANGUARD DEB	5807	1959-001C	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	22 Nov 1982	—
VANGUARD DEB	14934	1959-001D	Decayed	LEO	257 / 273 km	32.78°	23 Oct 2007	—
VANGUARD DEB	61446	1959-001E	Inactive	OTHER	530 / 2,442 km	32.87°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1959-001; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.