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Explorer 2
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 5 Mar 1958, 06:27 pm UTC
Rocket: Juno-I (Redstone)
Provider: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 26A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Small satellite similar to Explorer 1. It failed to reach orbit due to a fourth stage failure.