Echo 1A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:39:43

Friday August 12, 1960

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Mission Details

Relaunch of the failed Echo 1

Echo 1A 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

2nd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1960

18th

Orbital launch attempt