flown missionSuccess
Thor Delta B | Syncom 1
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Syncom 1
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
Syncom 1 was designed to be the first test of a communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Delta B
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Delta B
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4458, -80.5657