Echo 1 sits fully inflated at a Navy hangar in Weeksville, North Carolina. The spacecraft measured 100 feet across when deployed, and was nicknamed a 'satelloon' by those involved in the project.
Echo 1 was launched August 12, 1960, into an orbit with an Apogee of 1684 km, a Perigee of 1523 km and an Inclination of 47.2 degrees. The mylar film balloon acted as a passive communications reflector for transcontinental and intercontinental telephone (voice), radio and television signals. Echo 1 re-entered the atmosphere May 24, 1968.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
Šis fails satur papildu informāciju, kuru, visticamāk, ir pievienojis digitālais fotoaparāts vai skeneris, ar ko veidots fails. Ja šis fails pēc tam ir ticis modificēts, šie dati var neatbilst izmaiņām (var būt novecojuši).