A four-stage American launch vehicle developed by Wernher von Braun's Army Ballistic Missile Agency team from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket. It launched Explorer 1 on 31 January 1958, the first successful American satellite, discovering the Van Allen radiation belts in the process.
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Vehicle ClassLight-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerArmy Ballistic Missile Agency / Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1 First Flight DateDate of its first successful flight, carrying Explorer 1; an earlier December 1957 stage-3 predecessor test is sometimes counted separately. StatusRetired after six flights in 1958. 1 Status
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Juno I launched Explorer 1 on 31 January 1958, the first successful American satellite.
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Explorer 1Wikipedia: Explorer 1, lead section
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Part Of: Redstone, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Juno I entry
2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-explorer-1-becomes-americas-first-satellite/Quote, https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-explorer-1-becomes-americas-first-satellite/
The Juno rocket could trace its ancestry back to the German V-2 rocket, which Von Braun had also designed.
Wikipedia - Explorer 1
Associated With: Explorer 1, Wikipedia: Explorer 1, lead sectionView the Source Juno I (Wikipedia)
In Group: Early American Missile-Derived and Small Launchers, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Early American Missile-Derived and Small Launchers, Lead sentence
The Juno I is a series of a four-stage American space launch vehicle that was used to launch lightweight payloads into low Earth orbit from January 1958 to October 1958.
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