Payload
ECHO 2 (A-12)
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ECHO 2 (A-12) is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 25, 1964 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 25, 1964 at 01:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor SLV-2 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Echo 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 522 km
- Periapsis
- 465 km
- Inclination
- 81.4°
- Orbital period
- 94.48 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 256 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-004A
- NORAD catalog №
- 740
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 7, 1969
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 7, 1969
- Time in service
- 5.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed