MISSION NAME
Explorer 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
1 FEB 1958
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.