Redstone Rocket Family
Redstone was a U.S. Army liquid-propellant ballistic missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and produced by Chrysler. Beyond its military role, the single-stage vehicle became the foundation for the Jupiter-C reentry-test rocket, the Juno I satellite launcher, and NASA's Mercury-Redstone crewed suborbital launcher. Redstone-derived vehicles enabled the first U.S. satellite and first U.S. human spaceflight.
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Identity
- Aliases
- PGM-11 Redstone familyRedstone missile-derived launch family
- Family Name
- Redstone
- Full Name
- Redstone Rocket Family
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Redstone was a U.S. Army liquid-propellant ballistic missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and produced by Chrysler. Beyond its military role, the single-stage vehicle became the foundation for the Jupiter-C reentry-test rocket, the Juno I satellite launcher, and NASA's Mercury-Redstone crewed suborbital launcher. Redstone-derived vehicles enabled the first U.S. satellite and first U.S. human spaceflight.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 1.8
- First Flight Year
- 1,953
- Last Flight Year
- 1,961
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Mercury-Redstone
- Notes
- Single-stage crew-rated Redstone alternative with one NAA 75-110 A-7 engine.
- Entries
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- Name
- Jupiter-C
- Notes
- Three-stage Redstone-derived reentry-test configuration: liquid A-7 first stage followed by clustered Baby Sergeant second and third stages.
- Entries
- Nested value
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- Name
- Juno I
- Notes
- Four-stage satellite-launch alternative: Jupiter-C lower stages plus one live Baby Sergeant fourth stage for Explorer-class orbital insertion.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:43:45 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 13:28:04 UTC
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