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Sat Jul 26 1958
Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Explorer 4

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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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.

Juno I 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