ABMA Juno-I Explorer 3

Name: ABMA Juno-I Explorer 3
Start: 1958-03-26T17:38:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 26A

Juno-I

Status

Success

Date

26 MAR 1958

17:38

Launch Provider

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 26A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.

Rocket

Juno-I

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Elliptical 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