Juno-I | Explorer 5
Status: Failure | Launched: Aug 24, 1958 06:17 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (Government)
- Rocket: Juno-I — Redstone family
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.
- Type: Earth Science
- Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.