![]() Juno-1 with Explorer 4 |
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juno-1 | Redstone / A-7 | 11 Baby Sergeant | 3 Baby Sergeant | Baby Sergeant | - |
→ complete list of all Jupiter-C / Juno launches
No Type Serial Date LS Payload
35 1 Juno-1 RS-29 (UE) 01.02.1958 CC LC-26A Explorer 1 38 2 Juno-1 RS-26 (UV) 05.03.1958 F CC LC-26A Explorer 2 38 3 Juno-1 RS-24 (UT) 26.03.1958 CC LC-5 Explorer 3 44 4 Juno-1 RS-44 (TT) 26.07.1958 CC LC-5 Explorer 4 47 5 Juno-1 RS-47 (TI) 24.08.1958 F CC LC-5 Explorer 5 Flight 2: Stage 4 failed to ignite Flight 5: Stage 1 collides with upper stages, Stage 2 ignites in wrong direction Serial number encoding for early Redstones and related vehicles: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 H U N T S V I L L E X Abreviations: * = suborbital F = Failure P = partial failure CC = Cape Canaveral R&D = Research & Development flight