Juno II Launch Vehicle
Juno II was a four-stage NASA launch vehicle that paired a stretched Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic-missile first stage with the clustered Sergeant-derived upper stages developed for Jupiter-C and Juno I. Ten launches from 1958 to 1961 supported lunar probes and Explorer satellites; Pioneer 4, Explorer 7, Explorer 8, and Explorer 11 achieved their principal launch objectives.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Juno 2Juno-IIJupiter Juno II
- Family Name
- Juno II
- Full Name
- Juno II Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
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- Description
- Juno II was a four-stage NASA launch vehicle that paired a stretched Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic-missile first stage with the clustered Sergeant-derived upper stages developed for Jupiter-C and Juno I. Ten launches from 1958 to 1961 supported lunar probes and Explorer satellites; Pioneer 4, Explorer 7, Explorer 8, and Explorer 11 achieved their principal launch objectives.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 2.67
- Height M
- 24
- First Flight Year
- 1,958
- Last Flight Year
- 1,961
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 50,122
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 42
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:48:45 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:38:42 UTC
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