flown missionSuccess
Juno-I | Explorer 3
Army Ballistic Missile AgencyLaunch Complex 26A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Explorer 3
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Juno-I
- Family
- Redstone
- Variant
- Juno I
- Provider
- Army Ballistic Missile Agency
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 26A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4433, -80.5712