Syncom
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Syncom started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Compa
Artist's vision of Syncom satellite, 1963
First generation Syncom satellite
Syncom launch sequence
Stamp showing Syncom 3
Delta (rocket family)
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The Delta rocket family was a versatile range of American rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024. Japan also launched lic
Syncom
…no longer functioning. Syncom 1 was intended to be the first geosynchronous communications satellite. It was launched on February 14, 1963, with the Delta B #16 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, but was lost on the way to geosynchronous orbit due to an electronics failure. Seconds after the apogee kick…
Delta rocket on display at the Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch of the first Skynet satellite by Delta M launch vehicle in 1969 from Cape Canaveral.
Delta IV Heavy launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Delta II Dawn liftoff 1