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Beacon 1
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:21:04
Thursday October 23, 1958
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Mission Details
Launch Notes
A structural failure occurred on the final flight of Juno I.
Beacon 1
Beacon was a thin plastic sphere (12-feet in diameter after inflation), which should be the first US satellite to be visible to the naked eye. Secondary, it was to study atmospheric density at various levels.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
23 kilograms
Launch Site
Stats
Juno I
6th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1958
1958
24th
Orbital launch attempt