MISSION NAME
Explorer 4 4
Status
Success
DATE
26 JUL 1958
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 5
Description
An American satellite in order to study the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts.
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.