Status
Failure
Beacon 1
Launch Time
Thu Oct 23, 1958 03:21 UTC
Thu Oct 23, 1958 03:21 UTC
A structural failure occurred on the final flight of Juno I.
Rocket
Mission Details
Beacon 1
Beacon was a thin plastic sphere (12-feet in diameter after inflation), which should be the first US satellite to be visible to the naked eye. Secondary, it was to study atmospheric density at various levels.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 23.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1958
24th orbital launch attempt
Juno I
6th mission
6th mission of 1958
3rd failed mission