NASA Explorer S-45A, a Juno II launch from Cape Canaveral LC-26B intended for a highly elliptical ionospheric science orbit. The second stage failed to ignite; the payload never reached orbit. This was the final flight of the Juno II launch vehicle.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 10th
- of 10 Juno II flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 1961, 19:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Juno II
- Builder
- Chrysler
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 26B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Unknown
- Launches in 1961
- 17th of 50