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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrom : USA
Date of Cancellation: Dec. 18, 1958
Kind of Event : Launch
Launch pad : USA KSC (FL)
habité?/manned?: robot
Mission type : Telecommunications
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : The US Army’s SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting RElay) satellite was an 80-ft long, 10-ft diam Atlas missile used as a platform for the communications relay experiment. The spacecraft body served as antennae. This satellite was to demonstrate the feasibility of, and explore problems associated with, operation of a satellite communication system. It carried messages on a tape recorder which was used at one point to carry a Christmas greeting from President Eisenhower. The performance was nominal with experiment operation for 12 days, planned orbit lifetime 20 days, actual orbit lifetime 35 days. Keyword(s) :
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