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Beacon

Juno-I

This mission has flown

October 22, 1958

Mission overview

Beacon 1 was a large inflatable satellite of micro-thin plastic covered with aluminium foil. It was designed to be large so that it was easily visible from Earth.

Rocket

Juno-I

Mission type

Test Target

Payload

Beacon

Launch complex

Launch Complex 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch date

October 22, 1958

Launch window

Instantaneous window

Orbit reached

Low Earth Orbit

Launch trajectory

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