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Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Echo 2

Name: Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Echo 2
Start: 1964-01-25T13:59:04Z

Sat 25 Jan, 13:59 UTC

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.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Thor SLV-2 Agena B · Provider: United States Air Force

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)