Echo 2

USA

Echo C (A-12)

Launch data:

Designation 00740 / 64004A
Launch date 25 Jan 1964 - 13:59 UT
Launch site Va, 75-1-1
Launch vehicle Thor-SLV2 Agena-B (#397-TA2)
Mission Telecommunications and geodesy
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee 1029 / 1316km
Inclination 81,50°
Period 108,95 min

Plastic 41 m ball covered 2 aluminum sheets with a mylar sheet in between.

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  
Customer  NASA
Platform  
Mass at launch  256 kg
Dry Mass 248,12 kg
Basic shape  Inflated spere
Dimension  41,15 dia;
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  

End of life

Decay 7 Jun 1969 - 18:14 UT
Lifetime1960,18 days
Ref.: #1, #3(SD1964), #7, #14, #15 - update: 23.07.04 Home