Jupiter-C rocket

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launch vehicle sounding rocket

The Jupiter-C rocket was an American launch vehicle developed in the 1950s that successfully orbited the United States’ first satellite, Explorer 1, marking a key milestone in the early space race.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Juno I 6
Jupiter-C 2
Jupiter-C rocket canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf launch vehicle ⓘ
sounding rocket ⓘ
basedOn Redstone missile family ⓘ
surface form: Redstone missile
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer Wernher von Braun ⓘ
developer Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.78 m ⓘ
era 1950s ⓘ
failedLaunches 1 ⓘ
firstFlight 1956-09-20 ⓘ
firstFlightLocation Cape Canaveral ⓘ
firstStageEngine Rocketdyne A-7 ⓘ
firstStageFuel hydyne ⓘ
firstStageOxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
height approximately 21 m ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated U.S. capability to reach orbit ⓘ
key milestone in early U.S.–Soviet space competition ⓘ
launchDateOfExplorer1 1958-01-31 ⓘ
launchedSatellite Explorer 1 ⓘ
launchMass approximately 30,000 kg ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 6 ⓘ
launchVehicleFor United States’ first satellite ⓘ
manufacturer Chrysler ⓘ
surface form: Chrysler Corporation
notableLaunch Explorer 1 ⓘ
surface form: Explorer 1 mission
numberOfStages 3 ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
optionalStages 4th stage ⓘ
payloadToLEO approximately 11 kg ⓘ
precededBy Redstone test vehicles ⓘ
primaryMissionType suborbital test flights ⓘ
propellantTypeFirstStage liquid fuel ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStages solid fuel ⓘ
relatedMissile Redstone missile family ⓘ
surface form: PGM-11 Redstone
relatedVehicle Jupiter-C rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Juno I
retirementPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
rocketFamily Redstone family ⓘ
roleInHistory first successful U.S. orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
secondaryMissionType orbital satellite launch ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
succeededBy Jupiter-C rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Juno I
successfulLaunches 7 ⓘ
testProgram Jupiter IRBM nose cone tests ⓘ
reentry vehicle tests ⓘ
totalLaunches 8 ⓘ
upperStageConfiguration cluster of solid-propellant Sergeant rockets ⓘ
usedBy Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency
usedIn early space race ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wernher von Braun → notableWork → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
United States rocket program → developed → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter rocket
Explorer 1 → launchVehicle → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juno I
Redstone rocket → notableVariant → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter-C
Jupiter-C rocket → succeededBy → Jupiter-C rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jupiter-C
this entity surface form: Juno I
Jupiter-C rocket → relatedVehicle → Jupiter-C rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jupiter-C
this entity surface form: Juno I
Explorer 3 mission → launchVehicle → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
subject surface form: Explorer 3
this entity surface form: Juno I
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → notableProject → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter-C launch vehicle
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → notableProject → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juno I launch vehicle
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → developed → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter-C
Army Ballistic Missile Agency → developed → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juno I
Project Orbiter → usedLaunchVehicleConcept → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
Vanguard rocket → followedBy → Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juno I