Skip to content

JI

Rocket file · LV-188

Juno II

Army Ballistic Missile Agency · RETIRED

Juno II is an expendable launch vehicle built by Army Ballistic Missile Agency. It stands 24.0 m tall, lifts 41 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 6 December 1958. It has flown 10 times with 5 successes, a success rate of 50.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height24.0 m
Diameter2.7 m
Payload to LEO41 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight6 December 1958
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights10
Successful5
Failed5
Success rate50.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0

About Juno II

Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was derived from the Jupiter missile, which was used as the first stage.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Juno II is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Early Rockets
Early RocketsNASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗
Early Rockets
Early RocketsNASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗
Early Rockets
Early RocketsNASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗

Orbitburn is a gravity lander game with 25 ships. It's free on Android, and you can play it in your browser.Get it free on Google Play

Common questions

How many times has Juno II flown?
10 times, with 5 successes and 5 failures.
What is Juno II's success rate?
50.0%. That's 5 successful flights out of 10 attempts.
How much can Juno II lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Juno II at 41 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Juno II reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Juno II as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.