US ArmySM-65B AtlasLaunch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SCORE
Launched
December 18, 1958
Image: U.S. Air Force
Summary
SCORE launched on an US Army SM-65B Atlas from Launch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 18, 1958. It was US Army's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 31st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st SM-65B Atlas flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- SM-65B Atlas · US Army
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st SM-65B Atlas flightUS Army's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 31st orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
SCORE or Signal Communications by Orbiting RElay was the world first purpose built communications satellite. It provided a second test of a communications relay system after the first being provided by Pioneer 1.
Pad
Launch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
1st launch from Launch Complex 11, 1st this year · 18th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
1 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SCORE launch?
SCORE launched on December 18, 1958. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SCORE?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SCORE?
SM-65B Atlas, flown by US Army. SM-65B Atlas spec sheet
Where did SCORE launch from?
Launch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was SCORE going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a communications mission.