Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
17:50:00
Tuesday October 4, 1960
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Courier 1B, the world's first active repeater communications satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
225 kilograms
Agency
US Air ForceRocket
Height: 29m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 150 kg
Liftoff Thrust
760 Kilonewtons
Stages
0
Strap-ons
2
4th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1960
24th
Orbital launch attempt