Redstone

Redstone is the US Army's short-range ballistic missile, developed by Wernher von Braun's team. In its Juno I form it launches Explorer 1, the first American satellite, on 1 February 1958, and in 1967 the related Sparta launches Australia's first satellite from Woomera.

Launches

7

Success rate

57%

3 failures

First flight

1958

Juno-I

Last flight

1967

SPARTA

Rocket types

2