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Juno V-A

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Juno-5 Alternatives
Alternate configurations studied for Juno 5.

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Status: Study 1958. Payload: 10,000 kg (22,000 lb). Thrust: 6,690.00 kN (1,503,970 lbf). Gross mass: 549,820 kg (1,212,140 lb). Height: 60.00 m (196.00 ft). Diameter: 6.52 m (21.39 ft). Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

LEO Payload: 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) to a 185 km orbit at 28.00 degrees. Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 57.500 million.

Photo Gallery

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Juno-5 Staging The selected sequential staging method selected for the Juno-5.

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Juno-5 Recovery Full recovery and reuse of the Juno-5 was planned. The structural provisions were retained in the earliest Saturn I test vehicles, but never used.

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Juno-5 Parallel Stag A parallel staging scheme was considered for the Juno-5. This would have resulted in a vehicle similar to the Russian R-7 launcher.

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Juno-5 on Test Stand The very first Juno-5 test article firing on the stand at the Redstone Arsenal.

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Juno-5 Airlift The Juno-5 was designed to be air-transportable and assembled at austere launch pads.

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• Juno V heavy space launch design - . Nation: USA. The Von Braun team's Super-Jupiter evolved into the Juno V. The 4 E-1 engines were abandoned in favor of clustering 8 Jupiter IRBM engines below existing Redstone/Jupiter tankage..