SCORE (Signal Corps Orbiting Relay Experiment)
An American satellite, nicknamed "Chatterbox," that relayed the first voice communications from space. Its payload included an audio tape machine that broadcast messages, including a 58-word prerecorded Christmas message from President Eisenhower, 13 days.
| launch date |
Dec. 18, 1958 |
| launch vehicle |
Atlas B |
| launch site |
Cape Canaveral |
| orbit |
185 × 1,484 km × 32.3° |
| mass |
70 kg |
Related entry
communications satellite
Related category
SATELLITES AND SPACE PROBES
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