Juno-I

In-active

Chrysler (CHR)

Jan. 31, 1958

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    21.2 m
  • Diameter
    1.78 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.78 m
  • Launch Mass
    29.0 T
  • Thrust
    416.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Juno-I
  • Family
  • Variant
    Juno I
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Juno-I
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    11.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Chrysler

Commercial
None
CHR 1950

In July 1959, NASA chose the Redstone missile as the basis for the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle to be used for suborbital test flights of the Project Mercury spacecraft. Three unmanned MRLV launch attempts were made between November 1960 and March 1961, two of which were successful. The MRLV successfully launched the chimpanzee Ham, and astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom on three suborbital flights in January, May and July 1961, respectively.

Juno-I | Beacon

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 23, 1958, 3:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Beacon 1 was a large inflatable satellite of micro-thin plastic covered with aluminium foil. It was designed to be large so that it was easily visible from Earth.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Juno-I | Explorer 5

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 24, 1958, 6:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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.

Medium Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Juno-I | Explorer 4

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 26, 1958, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

An American satellite in order to study the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts.

Medium Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Juno-I | Explorer 3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 26, 1958, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.

Elliptical Orbit
Explore Share

Juno-I | Explorer 2

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 5, 1958, 6:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Juno-I | Explorer 1

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 1, 1958, 3:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

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