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
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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: 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