Echo 1 Communications Satellite | National Air and Space Museum
Communications Satellite, Echo 1 | National Air and Space Museum
Launched in 1960, Echo 1 was designed to explore the new field of communications via space. Its design was remarkably simple: Essentially a large balloon, measuring 30 meters (100 feet) across, the
The "satelloons" of NASA: The first passive communication satellite experiments of the early 1960s
Image: First pass of Echo 1 satellite over the Goldstone Tracking Station