LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Mar 26 1958

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Explorer 3

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 26A