First successfully launched American satellite. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
Vehicle
Juno-I
Redstone · Juno I
Height
21.2 m
Diameter
1.78 m
LEO capacity
11 kg
Successful launches
3
Launch complex
Launch Complex 26A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.