Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Summary
- The Syncom communication satellites (Syncom 1, 2, and 3), developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company and launched from 1963 to 1964, were instrumental in demonstrating the feasibility of space-based communications from geostationary orbit. This orbit, more than 22,000 miles (35, 405 km) above the Earth's equator, allows a satellite to "sit" constantly over a specific region of the Earth, providing a consistent, reliable pathway for communications.
- Syncom 3 helped provide television coverage to the United States of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, demonstrating the ability of satellites to facilitate long-distance communications.
- Hughes Aircraft donated this 1/24 scale model to the Museum in 1975.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Inventory Number
- A19750766000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Plastic, brass, aluminum
- Dimensions
- 1 high x 1.25 diameter in. (2.5 x 3.2 cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19750766000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f1ed2f49-aa75-4c98-958e-5009023c9dd1
