Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 16 Jul 1959 17:37:03 GMT
Orbital launch #
#42 ever
Mission
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.