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Atlas B | SCORE launched on Thu, Dec 18, 1958, 11:02 PM UTC — a US Army mission.
NET Thu, Dec 18, 1958, 11:02 PM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Atlas B to Low Earth Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Atlas B ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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.
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Good to know
Atlas B | SCORE is scheduled to lift off Thu, Dec 18, 1958, 11:02 PM UTC.
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Atlas B | SCORE is an US Army mission flying on a Atlas B.
It lifts off from Launch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.