NASA S-1 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
16 Jul 1959, 5:37pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 5
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
NASA S-1
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
The S-1 satellite was a geoscience satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth. It was destroyed 5 seconds into launch when the launch vehicle exploded due to an issue with the launch vehicles power supply.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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