![]() Jupiter-C [US Army] |
![]() Juno-1 (Explorer 4) [NASA] |
![]() Juno-1 (5 stage) (Beacon 1) |
Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 |
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Jupiter-C | Redstone / A-7 | 11 × Baby Sergeant | 3 × Baby Sergeant | - | - |
Juno-1 | Redstone / A-7 | 11 × Baby Sergeant | 3 × Baby Sergeant | Baby Sergeant | - |
Juno-1 (5 Stage) | Redstone / A-7 | 11 × Baby Sergeant | 3 × Baby Sergeant | Baby Sergeant | JPL 2lb Motor |
No Type Serial Date LS Payload
1 1 Jupiter-C RS-27 (UI) 20.09.1956 * CC LC-5 Microlock Beacon 2 2 Jupiter-C RS-34 (NT) 15.05.1957 * CC LC-6 Nose-Cone-Test 1 3 3 Jupiter-C RS-40 (TX) 08.08.1957 * CC LC-6 Nose-Cone-Test 2 4 1 Juno-1 RS-29 (UE) 01.02.1958 CC LC-26A Explorer 1 5 2 Juno-1 RS-26 (UV) 05.03.1958 F CC LC-26A Explorer 2 6 3 Juno-1 RS-24 (UT) 26.03.1958 CC LC-5 Explorer 3 7 4 Juno-1 RS-44 (TT) 26.07.1958 CC LC-5 Explorer 4 8 5 Juno-1 RS-47 (TI) 24.08.1958 F CC LC-5 Explorer 5 9 1 Juno-1 (5 St.) RS-49 (HE) 23.10.1958 F CC LC-5 Beacon 1 Flight 5: Stage 4 failed to ignite Flight 8: Stage 1 collides with upper stages, Stage 2 ignites in wrong direction Flight 9: structural failure after 149 sec 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 RS-49 was incorrectly labled "HE" instead of "TE" Launch sites: CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAAbreviations: * = suborbital F = Failure P = partial failure R&D = Research & Development flight