NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Explorer 5

Launch Time
Sun Aug 24, 1958 06:17 UTC

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

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

Explorer 5

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

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 17.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1958

16th orbital launch attempt

Juno I

5th mission
5th mission of 1958
2nd failed mission