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2 - 2 photographs, 20x25 cm. One of the first ‘Vanguard’ 1 (TV-4…
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Estimate €230 - €300
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2 photographs, 20x25 cm. One of the first ‘Vanguard’ 1 (TV-4) satellites, finally placed into orbit on 17 March 1958 following the failures of the two TV-3 satellites, captioned ‘Vanguard I TV-4 3-17-58 ”, and one hand-labelled in red “Vanguard Satellite I passing through Space” and “Vanguard I passing through”, taken from Earth (observatory unknown) showing the “grapefruit” satellite’s trail across the sky. Vanguard was a small American launch vehicle developed by the NRL, the Naval Research Laboratory, with the aim of placing the first artificial satellite into orbit. However, following nine failures out of twelve launches between 1956 and 1959, the Juno 1 launch vehicle was tasked with launching the first satellite into orbit, Explorer 1, on 1 February 1958, without the Vanguard programme being called into question. On 17 March 1958, Vanguard finally achieved success with Vanguard 1, which became the second American satellite in orbit. All the photographs come from the archives of the public relations department of the Martin Company in Baltimore (which later became Martin-Marietta and then Lockheed-Martin). All the documents are original Martin documents and are in black and white.
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About the sale SPACE EXPLORATION AND AERONAUTICS: NASA photos, models, documents, etc.
Auction location
Auction time 07/09/2026 at 6:00 PM
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