1958 · Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Explorer 5
failureJuno-I | Explorer 5
Explorer 5 was a US satellite designed to study the van allen radiation belts, however, the launch failed after the first stage collided with the second stage.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 24, 1958 at 06:17 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- Explorer 5
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit