LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Jul 26 1958
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Explorer 4
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: Earth Science
- An American satellite in order to study the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 5