Launch Overview
Vehicle
Thor SLV-2 Agena B
Agency
United States Air Force
Site / Pad
V / 75-1-1
Outcome
Success
Flight
397/6301 (TA2)
COSPAR Designator
1964-004
Mission
Echo 2 (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Thor SLV-2 Agena B
Provider
United States Air Force
Agency launches
179 (4 YTD)
Site launches
120 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
15 (1 YTD)