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Beacon
Juno II · Test Target
1959Launch Complex 26B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Beacon 2 was launched an a three stage Juno 2 rocket. The vehicle ran into trouble three minutes into flight and an array of failures caused the GNC system to fail causing the satellite to fall short of orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Juno II
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 26B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2