Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:15:02
Wednesday August 19, 1964
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First geostationary satellite. Syncom 3 was an experimental geosynchronous communication satellite stationed at 180° over the pacific ocean and was used to relay the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well as other communications tests. Later on was used by the DoD to test the communication to Vietnam.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
68 kilograms
Agency
US Air ForcePayload to Orbit
LEO: 575 kg
GTO: 104 kg
Liftoff Thrust
1,725 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
3
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1964
56th
Orbital launch attempt