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Project Echo

Project Echo is explored here through 3 archived missions, from Echo 1 launch attempt through Echo 2, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 3
People: 0
Vehicles: 3

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Echo spacecraft

3 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 0 launch systems and shared hardware records.

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Uncrewed passive communications and geodesy satelliteMay 13, 1960

Echo 1 flight article

Echo 1 flight article was the spacecraft assigned to Echo 1 launch attempt in the Project Echo.

Uncrewed passive communications and geodesy satelliteAugust 12, 1960

Echo 1A

Echo 1A was the spacecraft assigned to Echo 1A in the Project Echo.

Uncrewed passive communications and geodesy satelliteJanuary 25, 1964

Echo 2

Echo 2 was the spacecraft assigned to Echo 2 in the Project Echo.