1960 · United States Air Force
Courier 1B
successThor DM-21 Ablestar | Courier 1B
An active repeater communications satellite. The vehicle succesfully launched and successfully operated for a few weeks proving the experimental system.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 4, 1960 at 05:50 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Courier 1B
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit