Echo 1

USA

Also called Echo 1A because the first Echo had a launch failure

Launch data:

Designation00049/ 1960 Iota 1 / 60009A
Launch date12 Aug 1960 - 09:39:43 UT
Launch siteCC, LC17A
Launch vehicleDelta-DM19 (#270/D2)
MissionTelecommunicationsand geodesy
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee 1524 / 1684 km
Inclination 47,22°
Period 118,22 min
Mass at launch 75,9 kg

Plastic 30.5 m ball covered of mylar aluminumed that reflected radioelectric signals.

It enabled the first satellite telephone link and the broadcast of a TV program from California to Massachussets on 24 Feb 1962.

End of life

Decay 24 May 1968
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