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Army Ballistic Missile Agency • Juno-I • Launch Complex 26A (FL)

Army Ballistic Missile Agency • Juno-I • LC-26A
Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

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Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.
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.
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile. The agency was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956, and commanded by Major General John B. Medaris with Wernher von Braun as technical director.
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