1958 · Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Beacon
failureJuno-I | Beacon
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 23, 1958 at 03:21 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- Beacon
- Mission type
- Test Target
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit