Juno II NASA S-1

Name: Juno II NASA S-1
Start: 1959-07-16T17:37:03.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 5

Juno II

Status

Failure

Date

16 JUL 1959

17:37

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

The S-1 satellite was a geoscience satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth. It was destroyed 5 seconds into launch when the launch vehicle exploded due to an issue with the launch vehicles power supply.

Rocket

Juno II

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was derived from the Jupiter missile, which was used as the first stage.

Height

24 m

Diameter

2.67 m

Launch Mass

55 T

Thrust

654 kN