LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Sun Aug 24 1958

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Explorer 5

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(6:17 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:17 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(6:17 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

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
Explorer 5 was a US satellite designed to study the van allen radiation belts, however, the launch failed after the first stage collided with the second stage.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 5