Dino wrote: >Vanguard TV3 [test >vehicle 3]: what were TV1 and 2, pray tell? This from my records: Name: Vanguard TV-0 Launch date: 8 December 1956 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Vanguard Sub orbital test flight of the Vanguard launch vehicle without a payload and using only the Viking stage. Name: Vanguard TV 1 Launch date: 1 May 1957 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Vanguard Sub orbital test flight of the Vanguard launch vehicle with an instrumented nose cone to test third stage for separation, spin-up and ignition. It reached an altitude of 194 km. Name: Vanguard TV 2 Launch date: 23 October 1957 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Vanguard Sub orbital test flight of the Vanguard launch vehicle without a satellite payload and to test control systems and vehicle structure. It reached an altitude of 175 km. Hope this helps Jos Heyman ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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