Syncom 2

Communications satellite. Syncom 2 was launched on July 26, 1963 aboard a Thor Delta B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1963-031ANORAD 634United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Syncom 2
Payload designation: HS-301 Syncom B
Other names: NASA A-26:P
International designator: 1963-031A
NORAD catalog number: 634
GCAT identifier: S00634
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.047

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Civil government
Program: Syncom
Owner: GSFC
Country: United States
Builder: Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
Platform (bus): HS-301

Launch

Date: July 26, 1963 · 14:33 UTC
Launch record: 1963-031Success
Rocket: Thor Delta B
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/T
Perigee: 35,784 km
Apogee: 35,793 km
Inclination: 32.88°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: April 1969
End of operations: April 1969

Size

Mass: 34 kg
Dry mass: 30 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 66 kg
Length: 0.4 m
Diameter: 0.70 m
Span: 0.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1703201 (CC0).