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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsThor Delta B
Launched 1963-07-26 14:33 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
40th
orbital launch attempt in 1963
United States Air Force
29th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
114 d 12 h
since the pad's previous 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 equator.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
31m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
370kg
Liftoff thrust
667kN
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