Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Army Ballistic Missile Agency has made 12 launches since its first on 1 February 1958: 5 successful, 7 failed or partly failed (42% success). Its latest was S-45A on 24 May 1961. It has carried 5 satellites, 1 of them still in orbit.

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Launches a year

19572026

Busiest year: 1958, with 9. 2026 so far: 0.

Every launch

DateLaunch
1 February 1958Juno-I, Explorer 1First launch · success
5 March 1958Juno-I, Explorer 2Launch · failure
26 March 1958Juno-I, Explorer 3Launch · success
26 July 1958Juno-I, Explorer 4Launch · success
17 August 1958Thor Able I, Able I (Pioneer)Launch · failure
24 August 1958Juno-I, Explorer 5Launch · failure
11 October 1958Thor Able I, Pioneer 1Launch · success
23 October 1958Juno-I, BeaconLaunch · failure
8 November 1958Thor Able I, Pioneer 2Launch · failure
25 February 1961Juno II, S-45Launch · failure
27 April 1961Juno II, Explorer 11Launch · success
24 May 1961Juno II, S-45ALatest launch · failure

Rockets

RocketFirst launchLaunches
Juno-I1 February 19586
Thor Able I17 August 19583
Juno II25 February 19613

Launch sites

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station12

Satellites carried

5 satellites in the catalogue went up on Army Ballistic Missile Agency launches; 1 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 3, civil government 2.

A rocket's first launch here is its first for Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Satellites are payloads in CelesTrak's catalogue linked to the launch that carried them.