MISSION NAME
Explorer 3 3
Status
Success
DATE
26 MAR 1958
LAUNCH PROVIDER
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Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 26A
Description
Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.
![Juno-I Juno-I](https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/juno_i_on_the_p_image_20240411120216.jpeg)
Juno-I
Rocket 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.