Juno-I
This mission has flown
January 31, 1958
First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
Rocket
Juno-I
Mission type
Test Flight
Payload
Explorer 1
Launch complex
Launch Complex 26A · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch date
January 31, 1958
Launch window
Instantaneous window
Orbit reached
Low Earth Orbit
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Launch News
SpaceX successfully launched its Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral at 7:04 a.m. EDT on October 20, carrying 32 payloads aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. First-stage booster B1085 completed its 19th flight and landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA
SpaceX successfully launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13. Cargo Dragon is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science experiments, station supplies, and solar array hardware, with docking planned for Thursday.
Launch News
SpaceX is targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday for the launch of NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral. Dragon will deliver new health research, station supplies, and solar array hardware to the International Space Station.
