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Explorer 5

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time24 Aug 195806:17 UTC

failure

Booster collided with second stage after separation, causing upper stage firing angle to be off.

Rocket Juno I

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-5USA

Payloads

Total mass 29 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Explorer 5scientific satellite17.24 kg-