Photo: NOAA Photo Library · Public domain (US government)
About this launch
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…
More about this launch
Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Rocket and boosterThor Delta B
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta B
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MissionCommunications · GSO
Communications · GSO
What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
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