Thor Delta B
SuccessSyncom 2 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Jul 26, 1963, 14:33 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Jul 26, 1963, 14:33 UTC – Friday, Jul 26, 1963, 14:33 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Syncom 2
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
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.
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