Atlas B | SCORE

Name: Atlas B | SCORE
Start: 1958-12-18T23:02:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: December 18, 1958 at 11:02 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas B
Operator: US Army
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Communications