1964 · United States Air Force
Syncom 3
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Syncom 3 was the first geostationary satellite.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 19, 1964 at 12:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- Syncom 3
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit