LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat Jan 25 1964

United States Air Force

Echo 2

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Thor SLV-2 Agena B

Description:

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Communications
The Echo 2 spacecraft was a 41-m balloon of aluminum foil-mylar laminate. Echo 2 was designed as a rigidized passive communications spacecraft for testing propagation, tracking, and communication techniques.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E