Date: 4 Oct 1960, 05:50 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
An active repeater communications satellite. The vehicle succesfully launched and successfully operated for a few weeks proving the experimental system.
