Explorer 5

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

06:17:22

Sunday August 24, 1958

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Mission Details

Loss of control after recontact between the first and second stages.

Explorer 5 had been intended to be one of two satellites used to gather data for Project Argus.

Medium Earth Orbit

1 Payload

17 kilograms

Retired

Active in 1958

Agency

Rocket

Height: 21.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11 kg

Liftoff Thrust

416 Kilonewtons

Stages

4

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 2 hours

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 2 hours

5th

Mission

5th

Mission of 1958

16th

Orbital launch attempt