Jupiter-A
title: "Jupiter-A" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["space-launch-vehicles-of-the-united-states", "redstone-(rocket-family)"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter-A" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| location | Low Earth Orbit |
| kilos | 11 kg |
| }} | status |
| type | stage |
| stageno | First |
| name | Redstone |
| engines | 1 North American Aviation (Rocketdyne) 75-110 A-3, A-4, A-6 |
| thrust | 41434 kgf |
| SI | 265 isp |
| burntime | 155 s |
| fuel | LOX/Ethanol, LOX/Hydyne |
| :: |
|location = Low Earth Orbit |kilos = 11 kg |type = stage |stageno = First |name = Redstone |engines = 1 North American Aviation (Rocketdyne) 75-110 A-3, A-4, A-6 |thrust = 41434 kgf |SI = 265 isp |burntime = 155 s |fuel = LOX/Ethanol, LOX/Hydyne
A total of twenty-five launches took place from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida, on Launch Complexes 5 and 6, between 1955 and 1958.
Description
Jupiter-A is 21.20 meters high, with a diameter of 1.78 meters, and a height of 4 meters for the fins.
The first two flights, RS-11 and RS-12 (launched on September 22, 1956 and December 6, 1956), were powered by a Rocketdyne NAA 75-110 A-3 engine. Starting with Jupiter-A RS-18 on March 15, 1956 the A-4 rocket engine was used. From October 2, 1957 the A-6 engine was used (the A-5 version never entered service).
The rocket used a fuel consisting of 75% ethanol cut with 25% water and liquid oxygen as oxidizer. Jupiter-A RS-22 tested a A-4 rocket engine burning Hydyne as fuel, with a mixture of 60% UDMH and 40% DETA.
Flight history
Twenty-five Jupiter-A launch attempts were made between 1955 and 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. ::data[format=table]
| Flight No. | Serial number | Launch date | Launch pad | Notes | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| RS-11 / | September 22, 1955 | LC-6 | First flight with full guidance system | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-12 / | December 6, 1955 | LC-6 | First flight successful with inertial guidance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-18 / | March 15, 1956 | LC-6 | The first launch of Jupiter A by the ABMA, a modified Redstone missile equipped with elements of the Jupiter IRBM's navigation and inertial control system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-19 / | May 16, 1956 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-13 / | July 19, 1956 | LC-5 | First missile built by the Chrysler Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-20 / | August 8, 1956 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-14 / | October 18, 1956 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-25 / | October 31, 1956 | LC-6 | Ground cutoff command given after 10 seconds of flight due to a yaw gyroscope malfunction. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-28 / | November 14, 1956 | LC-6 | LEV-3 guidance system used instead of ST-80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-15 / | November 29, 1956 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-22 / | December 19, 1956 | LC-6 | Hydyne fuel used | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-16 / | January 19, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RS-32 | March 14, 1957 | LC-6 | First missile shipped directly from Chrysler to the test site | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-30 / | March 28, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-31 / | June 26, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-35 / | July 12, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-37 / | July 26, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-38 / | September 11, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-39 / | October 2, 1957 | LC-6 | First flight test of the Rocketdyne A-6 engine with a sea-level thrust of 78,000 lbs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-41 / | October 31, 1957 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-42 / | December 11, 1957 | LC-6 | Hardtack adapter kit test | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-45 / | January 15, 1958 | LC-6 | Hardtack gondola test | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-46 / | February 12, 1958 | LC-6 | Hardtack adapter kit test | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-43 / | February 27, 1958 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CC-48 / | June 11, 1958 | LC-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gallery
File:Redstone irbm2 14mar56 01.jpg|Jupiter-A RS-18, March 15, 1956 File:Jupiter-A RS-19.jpg|Jupiter-A RS-19, May 16, 1956 File:Jupiter-A CC-14.jpg|Jupiter-A CC-14, October 18, 1956 File:Redstone msl 25 30oct56 01.jpg|Jupiter-A RS-25, October 31, 1956 File:Jupiter-A CC-35.jpg|Jupiter-A CC-35, July 12, 1957 File:Jupiter-A CC-39 2.jpg|Jupiter-A CC-39, October 2, 1957
References
References
- Bullard, John W.. (October 15, 1965). "History of the Redstone Missile System".
- "JUPITER A FACT SHEET {{!}} Spaceline".
- "Space Launch Report".
- "Jupiter A".
- (27 July 1962). "History of the Jupiter missile system". U. S. Army Ordnance Missile Command.
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