NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Beacon 1

Launch Time
Thu Oct 23, 1958 03:21 UTC

A structural failure occurred on the final flight of Juno I.

Rocket

Juno I
Image Credit: NASA
ABMA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 416 kN
Payload to LEO: 11 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 21.2 m

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