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Juno-I | Explorer 3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.

Elliptical Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Juno-I | Explorer 2

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Juno-I | Explorer 1

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 2

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second artificial satellite and first to carry an animal into orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Sputnik 8K74PS | Sputnik 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First artificial satellite consisting of a 58 cm pressurized aluminium shell containing two 1 W transmitters for a total mass of 83.6 kg.

Low Earth Orbit
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