LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Jul 26 1963
United States Air Force
Syncom 2
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
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Rocket Details
Name:
Thor Delta BDescription:
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- Syncom 2 was the first geosynchronous satellite. Although the period was 24 hours and the spacecraft remained at a nearly constant longitude, the orbit was inclined at 33 degrees so it was not truly geostationary but moved in an elongated figure eight pattern 33 degrees north and south of the equator.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A