Launch data:
| Designation | 00553 / 63004A |
| Launch date | 14 Feb 1963 - 05:35:08 UT |
| Launch site | CC, LC17B |
| Launch vehicle | Delta DSV-3B (#358/D16) |
| Mission | Telecommunications |
| Geostationary orbit: | |
Syncom 1 |
USA |
Launch data:
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| Prime contractor | Hughes |
| Platform | HS-301 |
| Operator | |
| Mass at launch | 38 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | |
| Equipment | |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | |
| Propulsion | |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime |
| Out of service | 14 Feb 1963 |
| Cause | Lost on the way to geostationary orbit Propulsion failure |