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Juno-I
Launched 1958-03-26 17:38:01 UTCLaunch Complex 26A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
5th
orbital launch attempt in 1958
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 26A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
20 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile. The agency was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956, and commanded by Major General John B. Medaris with Wernher von Braun as technical director.
Launches
12
Successful
5
42%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
21.2m
Diameter
1.8m
To low Earth orbit
11kg
Liftoff thrust
416kN
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