This replica was constructed by the Museum in 1958 shortly after the launch of the Vanguard 1 satellite.

This replica may have been used with the Sputnik model in 1958 in an exhibition illustrating satellite motion.

The Vanguard 1 (also known as Vanguard TV-4 and The Grapefruit) was originally intended to be the first American satellite, however launch failures caused it to be launched after Explorer 1. Vanguard 1 was equipped for measuring temperatures and geodetic surveys and enabled the shape of the Earth to be determined with precision for the first time. It transmitted until 1964 but remains in orbit.

Satellite replica, Vanguard 1, wood / metal, made by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1958

Full size replica of the Vanguard 1 satellite made of lathe-turned wood with metal fittings representing the solar batteries and six antennae. The model is painted silver.

Made: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; Sydney; 1958


Used: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences; Sydney

H6713

1958

600 mm

500 mm

500 mm