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dated June 25, 1959: U.S. Satellite fails

A Vanguard scientific “weather satellite” launched from Cape Canaveral (Florida) presumably failed to go into orbit, it was announced on June 22. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it was thought there was “some malfunction in the second stage” of the satellite which was designed to measure the heat of the sun and the earth. “The exact nature of the difficulty will be determined from a further study of the data obtained,” the NASA statement added. The 72-foot launching vehicle was the same as that used in past Vanguard experiments except for a new technique in separating the “payload” from the third stage.

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