LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Feb 01 1958
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Explorer 1
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Juno IDescription:
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