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  • $\begingroup$ In the case of Vanguard, the second stage was air-lit. But the stage was derived from Aerobee (i. e., some arguable flight heritage), it used hypergols (no literal ignition failure possible), and the stage was pressure fed (fewer plumbing issues). $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 4, 2022 at 16:13