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Explorer 1

Juno-I

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Explorer 1

Type: Test Flight

First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 26A

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

920 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 26A, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Agency

Army Ballistic Missile Agency – ABMA

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: ABMA
  • Country: USA

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was formed to develop the U.S. Army’s first large ballistic missile. The agency was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956, and commanded by Major General John B. Medaris with Wernher von Braun as technical director.

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