1963 · United States Air Force
Syncom 1
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Syncom 1 was designed to be the first test of a communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 14, 1963 at 05:35 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Syncom 1
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit