Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
The Echo 2 spacecraft was a 41-m balloon of aluminum foil-mylar laminate. Echo 2 was designed as a rigidized passive communications spacecraft for testing propagation, tracking, and communication techniques.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sat, Jan 25, 1964, 13:59
Weather
Pro