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Vanguard 1
Vanguard 1 or Vanguard I is the oldest artificial satellite still orbiting Earth, though there is no longer any communication with it. It was designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle, the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit.
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