NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Relay 2

Launch Time
Tue Jan 21, 1964 21:14 UTC

Rocket

Delta B
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 375 kg
Payload to GTO: 68 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

Relay 2

Relay 2 was a communication satellite that carried also scientific instruments to analyze radiation belts.
It was spin stabilized at 173rpm and had 2 transmitters one of which sent telemetry to earth once every second.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 184.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit

Location

SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1964

3rd orbital launch attempt

Delta B

8th mission
1st mission of 1964
8th successful mission