Syncom 2 (A26)

USA

Launch data:

Designation	00634 / 63031A
Launch date	26 Jul 1963 - 14:33 UT
Launch site	CC, LC17A
Launch vehicle	Delta-B (#370/D20)
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit on end 2019:
Perigee / Apogee	35773 x 35810 km
Inclination	34.4 deg
Period	1436.0 min

Spacecraft data:

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

Location:

Date	Position	Remarks
	33°	inclined, above Brazil

On 31 Oct 1963 the president of the radiocommunications conference in Geneva, Mr Gunnar Pedersen, inaugurated a telephone link to UN's center in New York by Syncom 2.

End of life

Out of service

yes

External links:

Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7, #15, #98a, #228 - update: 17.01.20

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