Echo 1

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:16:05

Friday May 13, 1960

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Mission Details

Maiden flight of Thor-Delta, upper-stage attitude control system malfunctioned

Echo 1 was a 30m wide sphere made of mylar and was designed as a passive reflector for the transmission of TV, radio and telephone signals.

Elliptical

1 Payload

56 kilograms

Retired

Active 1960 to 1962

Agency

Stages

0

Strap-ons

3

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1960

11th

Orbital launch attempt