ABMA Juno-I Beacon

Name: ABMA Juno-I Beacon
Start: 1958-10-23T03:21:04.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 5

Juno-I

Status

Failure

Date

23 OCT 1958

03:21

Launch Provider

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Beacon 1 was a large inflatable satellite of micro-thin plastic covered with aluminium foil. It was designed to be large so that it was easily visible from Earth.

Rocket

Juno-I

Mission Type

Test Target

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

21.2 m

Diameter

1.78 m

Launch Mass

29 T

Thrust

416 kN