flown missionFailure
Juno-I | Explorer 5
Army Ballistic Missile AgencyLaunch Complex 5 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Explorer 5
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Juno-I
- Family
- Redstone
- Variant
- Juno I
- Provider
- Army Ballistic Missile Agency
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 5
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4394, -80.5733