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Juno-I

Redstone familyChryslerRetired

The Juno I was a four-stage American booster rocket which launched America's first satellite, Explorer 1 in 1958. A member of thr redstone family, it was derived from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket.

Juno-I vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
416 kN
Height
21.2 m
Diameter
1.78 m
Launch mass
29 t
Stages
4
LEO capacity
11 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

6flightswith a definitive outcome
50%success rate3 of 6
0success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 6

All 6 flights