Vanguard TV-0
The launch of the Vanguard TV-0 rocket | |
| Names | Vanguard Test Vehicle-0 Vanguard Test Vehicle-Zero |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Vanguard test flight |
| Operator | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Mission duration | Suborbital flight |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 December 1956, 06:05 GMT |
| Rocket | Vanguard TV-0 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-18A |
| Contractor | Glenn L. Martin Company |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | Suborbital flight |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Altitude | 203.6 km (126.5 mi) |
Vanguard TV-0, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Zero, was the first sub-orbital test flight of a Viking rocket as part of the Project Vanguard.
Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket, powered by a basic design for large liquid rockets. as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida.