Echo 2

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Class: Communications. Type: Passive. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA LaR.

Passive communications satellite; balloon; 1st joint US/USSR space mission.

Typical orbit: 1030 km x 1315 km at 82 degrees inclination. Mass: 256 kg (564 lb).

Echo 2 Chronology

1964 January 25 - Echo 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 256 kg (564 lb). Perigee: 1,030 km (640 mi). Apogee: 1,315 km (817 mi). Inclination: 81.50 deg. Period: 108.80 min.
Passive commsat; balloon; 1st joint US/USSR space mission. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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