Date: 23 Oct 1958, 03:21 am UTC
Rocket: Juno-I (Redstone)
Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Type: Test Target
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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.
