Juno-I | Explorer 1
Status: Success | Launched: Feb 01, 1958 03:47 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (Government)
- Rocket: Juno-I — Redstone family
Mission
First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 26A
- 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.