Syncom 2

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General

Designation	00634 / 63031A
Launch date	26 Jul 1963
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	35797/35785 km, 33° inclined, above Brazil
Launch vehicle	Thor Delta #20
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

On 31 Oct 1963 the president of the radiocommunications conference in Geneva, Mr Gunnar Pedersen, inaugurated a telephone link to UN's center in New York by Syncom 2.

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End of life

Out of service

yes

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Transmission payload

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