Vanguard program

17 Feb
2021
February 17, 2021

Vanguard 2: NASA’s First Successful Satellite Launch

A key component of NASA’s infant space science program was Project Vanguard. Originally developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as America’s first official satellite program […]
Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing History, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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17 Mar
2018
March 17, 2018

Vanguard 1: The Little Satellite That Could

One of the more enduring images of the opening months of the Space Age was the failure of the Vanguard TV-3 launch attempt on December 6, […]
Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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6 Dec
2017
December 6, 2017

Vanguard TV-3: America’s First Satellite Launch Attempt

The launching of the first two Sputniks was a terrible blow to America’s self-image of technical preeminence that had developed in the years following World War […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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5 Feb
2015
February 5, 2015

Vintage Micro: The Original Nanosatellite

Nanosatellites are generally defined as small satellites with masses in the one to ten-kilogram range. With the growing availability of off-the-shelf hardware and standardized nanosatellites like […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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5 Jul
2014
July 5, 2014

Vintage Micro: The Original Standardized Microsatellite

It can be argued that one of the key advances in making miniature satellite technology more readily available to a wider range of potential users has […]
Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing History, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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