Jupiter C/Juno I - America's first satellite launcher
Abstract
The origins of Jupiter C/Juno I, the first U.S. satellite launcher, are described. Although Juno I saw only six launches and three successes it contributed a great deal to the beginning of the space age, providing a sound base for the second-generation launchers to build on. The three small Explorer satellites provided information on the near-earth space environment far in excess of their size and their experimenters' hopes.
- Publication:
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Spaceflight
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981SpFl...23...12W
- Keywords:
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- Juno 1 Launch Vehicle;
- Jupiter C Rocket Vehicle;
- Missile Design;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Explorer 1 Satellite;
- Histories;
- Test Firing;
- Upper Stage Rocket Engines;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles