Jupiter Rocket Family
Jupiter was a U.S. Army intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and produced by Chrysler. Its liquid-propellant first stage also served as the booster for NASA's Juno II launch vehicle, which combined Jupiter with clustered solid upper stages for early lunar probes and Explorer satellites.
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Identity
- Aliases
- PGM-19 JupiterJupiter IRBM family
- Family Name
- Jupiter
- Full Name
- Jupiter Rocket Family
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Jupiter was a U.S. Army intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and produced by Chrysler. Its liquid-propellant first stage also served as the booster for NASA's Juno II launch vehicle, which combined Jupiter with clustered solid upper stages for early lunar probes and Explorer satellites.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 2.67
- First Flight Year
- 1,957
- Last Flight Year
- 1,961
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Jupiter IRBM
- Notes
- Single-stage Jupiter ballistic-missile configuration with one Rocketdyne S-3D engine.
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Juno II
- Notes
- Four-stage Jupiter-derived satellite-launch configuration: S-3D first stage followed by clustered Baby Sergeant second, third, and fourth stages.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:48:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 13:31:37 UTC
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- Jupiter Rocket Family PGM-19 Jupiter Jupiter IRBM family