LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat Feb 01 1958

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Explorer 1

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:47 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:47 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:47 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Juno I

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Test Flight
First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 26A