Atlas B | SCORE

Launch information

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Mission description

SCORE or Signal Communications by Orbiting RElay was the world first purpose built communications satellite. It provided a second test of a communications relay system after the first being provided by Pioneer 1.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas B | SCORE’.

Launch image Atlas B | SCORE

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 18, 1958, 11:02 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

SCORE (LEO)

Launcher

US Army

Rocket

Atlas B

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 11

Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Atlas B | SCORE’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
10 SCORE LEO 32.29 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Atlas B | SCORE’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#31

To this date

Location Launch

#18

To this date

Pad Launch

#1

To this date

Agency Launch

#1

To this date

Orbital Launch

#28

Year 1958

Location Launch

#17

Year 1958

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1958

Agency Launch

#1

Year 1958

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