Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
SCORE
Project SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite. It captured world attention by broadcasting a Christmas message via shortwave radio from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower through an onboard tape recorder.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 68.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-11, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1958
28th orbital launch attempt
SM-65B Atlas
1st mission
1st mission of 1958
1st successful mission