Object Details
- Manufacturer
- DuPont Company
- Standard Packaging Corporation
- Summary
- This swatch is aluminized mylar from the same batch of material used to construct the Echo 1 satellite.
- Launched in 1960, Echo 1 was one of the first attempts to assess requirements and techniques for conducting communications via space. The satellite was a remarkably simple device: A reflective sphere 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter. Serving as a "mirror" in space, signals were directed at the satellite from one location on Earth, and reflected back down to another location.
- Aluminized mylar, lightweight and durable, provided the mirror-like surface. To manufacture this material, clear mylar was coated with aluminum in a vacuum.
- This artifact was transferred to the Museum from NASA in 1960.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19610022000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Parts & Structural Components
- Materials
- Mylar, aluminum
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 x 10in. (20.32 x 25.4cm)
- 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_A19610022000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv979dcdef6-5155-4364-b5ca-1989b3443547
