Vanguard series

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Earth-orbiting satellite program artificial satellite series

The Vanguard series was a line of early American Earth-orbiting satellites developed during the late 1950s as part of the U.S. Navy’s Project Vanguard to study the space environment and demonstrate launch capabilities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth-orbiting satellite program ⓘ artificial satellite series ⓘ
context	International Geophysical Year activities ⓘ surface form: International Geophysical Year
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	Naval Research Laboratory ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy
endTime	1959 ⓘ
era	early Space Age ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Earth’s radiation environment ⓘ space physics ⓘ upper atmosphere ⓘ
hasPart	Vanguard 1 satellite ⓘ surface form: Vanguard 1 Vanguard 2 ⓘ Vanguard 3 ⓘ
launchVehicleUsed	Vanguard rocket ⓘ
locationOfLaunches	Cape Canaveral NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	early use of solar power on satellites ⓘ one of the first American satellite series ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy
operator	Naval Research Laboratory ⓘ surface form: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
partOf	Vanguard rocket ⓘ surface form: Project Vanguard
programType	civilian space program ⓘ
purpose	demonstration of launch capabilities ⓘ scientific research ⓘ study of space environment ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ
startTime	1957 ⓘ
status	historical program ⓘ
usedFor	testing satellite tracking techniques ⓘ tracking Earth’s shape and gravitational field ⓘ

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Vanguard 1 satellite → spacecraftBus → Vanguard series ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanguard 1