Test Vehicle 4
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Test Vehicle 4 was an early U.S. Vanguard program test rocket used during the development of America’s first satellite launch capabilities in the late 1950s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Test Vehicle 4 canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vanguard test vehicle
ⓘ
sounding rocket ⓘ test rocket ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
International Geophysical Year activities
ⓘ
surface form:
International Geophysical Year
U.S. civilian satellite program ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of U.S. orbital launch capability ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| domain |
rocket engineering
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| era | early Space Age ⓘ |
| followedBy | later Vanguard launch attempts ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex
|
| locationOfLaunch | Cape Canaveral ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Glenn L. Martin Company ⓘ |
| operator |
Naval Research Laboratory
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Vanguard program ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Vanguard test vehicles ⓘ |
| programGoal | place an artificial satellite into Earth orbit ⓘ |
| programRole | early Vanguard test flight ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Vanguard TV3
ⓘ
surface form:
Vanguard TV-3
Vanguard TV-5 ⓘ |
| stageConfiguration | multi-stage rocket ⓘ |
| testedSubsystem |
guidance and control systems
ⓘ
propulsion systems ⓘ structural integrity of Vanguard launch vehicle ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1950s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
launch vehicle development
ⓘ
satellite launch capability development ⓘ test of Vanguard launch system ⓘ |
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