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\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Vanguard
\<COLOUR 1> HEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 22 metres
\<COLOUR 1> LIFT-OFF THRUST: \<COLOUR 0> 13 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> NO OF STAGES: \<COLOUR 0> 3
\<COLOUR 1> PROPELLANTS: \<COLOUR 0> First stage, kerosene/liquid oxygen; second stage, UDMH/nitric acid; third stage, solid
\<COLOUR 1> PAYLOAD: \<COLOUR 0> Vanguard 1 satellite
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Cape Canaveral, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Developed by the US Navy, based on the technology of the Viking sounding rocket.