MISSION NAME
Explorer 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
1 FEB 1958
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 26A
Description
First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
Juno-I
Rocket Description
The Juno I was a four-stage American booster rocket which launched America's first satellite, Explorer 1 in 1958. A member of thr redstone family, it was derived from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket.