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Juno-I

6FLIGHTS
50%SUCCESS
3FAILURES
Jan 1958FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE
HEIGHT21.2 m
DIAMETER1.78 m
LAUNCH MASS29 kg
LIFTOFF THRUST416 kN
STAGES4

The Juno I was a four-stage American booster rocket which launched America’s first satellite, Explorer 1 in 1958. A member of thr redstone family, it was derived from the Jupiter-C sounding rocket.

11 kg
TO LEO
24 lbs
416
KILONEWTONS
93,521
POUNDS-FORCE
~558
HORSEPOWER
Height21.2 m (70 ft)
Diameter1.78 m (5.8 ft)
Launch Mass29 kg (64 lbs)
Stages4