ABMA Juno-I Explorer 2

Name: ABMA Juno-I Explorer 2
Start: 1958-03-05T18:27:57.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 26A

Juno-I

Status

Failure

Date

5 MAR 1958

18:27

Launch Provider

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 26A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

Rocket

Juno-I

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

21.2 m

Diameter

1.78 m

Launch Mass

29 T

Thrust

416 kN