MISSION NAME
Explorer 5 5
Status
Failure
DATE
24 AUG 1958
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 5
Description
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.
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.