Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:14:59
Tuesday January 21, 1964
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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.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
1 Payload
184 kilograms
8th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1964
3rd
Orbital launch attempt