Juno-I | Beacon
Status: Failure | Launched: Oct 23, 1958 03:21 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (Government)
- Rocket: Juno-I — Redstone family
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.
- Type: Test Target
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 5
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-10-06T21:02:13.006858+00:00.