1958 · Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Explorer 2
failureJuno-I | Explorer 2
Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 5, 1958 at 06:27 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 26A
- Mission
- Explorer 2
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit