The Jupiter-C was an American three-stage research and development rocket, built by Chrysler for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and based on the Redstone missile, with clustered solid-fueled Sergeant rockets serving as its upper stages. Designed as a sounding rocket to test re-entry technology, it first flew on September 20, 1956, and completed three suborbital launches, all successful, from Cape Canaveral through August 1957. The vehicle later evolved into the Juno I satellite launcher. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Jupiter-C was used for three uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflights in 1956 and 1957 to test re-entry nosecones that were later to be deployed on the more advanced PGM-19 Jupiter mobile missile.
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Jupiter-C was used for three uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflights in 1956 and 1957 to test re-entry nosecones that were later to be deployed on the more advanced PGM-19 Jupiter mobile missile.
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