Launch FailureNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA S-1
Juno II
This mission has flown
July 16, 1959
Mission overview
The S-1 satellite was a geoscience satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth. It was destroyed 5 seconds into launch when the launch vehicle exploded due to an issue with the launch vehicles power supply.
Rocket
Juno II
Mission type
Earth Science
Payload
NASA S-1
Launch complex
Launch Complex 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch date
July 16, 1959
Launch window
Instantaneous window
Orbit reached
Elliptical Orbit
Launch trajectory
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