GHGSat, a Canadian firm monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, has successfully launched the world's first commercial space-based sensor, Vanguard. Reuters tells us that this cutting-edge orbital sensor ...

This image shows one of the Vanguard satellites being checked out at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1958. Vanguard 1, the world’s first solar-powered satellite, launched on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) ...

On Dec. 6, 1957, the Naval Research Laboratory attempted to launch Vanguard Test Vehicle 3, an answer to Sputnik and part of ...

The world's first satellite capable of detecting industrial sources of carbon emissions from space has just reached orbit — and it promises to be a game-changer. The Vanguard satellite will orbit ...

On Saint Patrick's Day in 1958, the U.S. Navy launched Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite and the oldest artificial satellite currently orbiting the Earth. The main purpose of this mission ...

A new satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is the world's first commercial CO2 sensor in orbit, according to GHGSat, the company operating the satellite. The satellite, known as GHGSat C10 ...

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The Navy’s test satellite, Vanguard I, may be small, but it is high and wondrously sophisticated, and it will probably stay in space many years longer than any of its earlier rivals. Its elliptical ...

The U.S. “Project Vanguard” for launching small earth satellites has passed the talking stage. Last week the Department of Defense announced that it has signed a $2,035,033 contract with Glenn L.