ABMA Juno-I Explorer 5

Name: ABMA Juno-I Explorer 5
Start: 1958-08-24T06:17:22.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 5

Juno-I

Status

Failure

Date

24 AUG 1958

06:17

Launch Provider

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Juno-I

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Medium 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