Juno-I | Explorer 2

Launch information

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Mission description

Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Juno-I | Explorer 2’.

Launch image Juno-I | Explorer 2

Failure

Status: Launch Failure

Class: normal

Launch T0: March 5, 1958, 6:27 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Explorer 2 (LEO)

Launcher

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Rocket

Juno-I

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 26A

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

It seems no satellite can be associated to launch ‘Juno-I | Explorer 2’, for now. Check back soon, we keep tracking more and more satellites every single day.

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Juno-I | Explorer 2’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6

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Location Launch

#4

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Pad Launch

#2

To this date

Agency Launch

#2

To this date

Orbital Launch

#3

Year 1958

Location Launch

#3

Year 1958

Pad Launch

#2

Year 1958

Agency Launch

#2

Year 1958

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