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Courier 1B

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

17:50:00

Tuesday October 4, 1960

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Mission Details

Courier 1B

Courier 1B, the world's first active repeater communications satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

225 kilograms

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Ablestar rocket by United States Air Force

Retired

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Active 1960 to 1962

Agency

Rocket

Height: 29m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 150 kg

Liftoff Thrust

760 Kilonewtons

Stages

0

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Thor-Ablestar

4th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1960

1960

24th

Orbital launch attempt