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NASA S-1

Juno II

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Status
Failure

Mission

NASA S-1

Type: Earth Science

The S-1 satellite was a geoscience satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth. It was destroyed 5 seconds into launch when the launch vehicle exploded due to an issue with the launch vehicles power supply.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

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

Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

Juno II – Army Ballistic Missile Agency

  • Family: Juno
  • Length: 24 m
  • Diameter: 2.67 m
  • Launch Mass: 55 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 41 kg

The Juno II was manufactured by Army Ballistic Missile Agency with the first launch on 1958-12-06. Juno II has 5 successful launches and 5 failed launches with a total of 10 launches. Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was derived from the Jupiter missile, which was used as the first stage.

Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: NASA
  • Administration: Administrator: Bill Nelson
  • Founded: 1958
  • Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS
  • Spacecraft: Orion
  • Country: USA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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