Project Echo

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Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. Each of the two American spacecraft, launched in 1960 and 1964, were metalized balloon satellites acting as passive reflectors of microwave signals. Communication signals were transmitted from one location on Earth and bounced off the surface of the satellite to another Earth location.

Echo PrototypeEcho Prototype
T. Keith Glennan Shows LBJ Aluminized Mylar Flim Used to Make Echo I - GPN-2002-000025T. Keith Glennan Shows LBJ Aluminized Mylar Flim Used to Make Echo I - GPN-2002-000025
Echo I 1960 Issue-4cEcho I 1960 Issue-4c
Horn Antenna-in Holmdel, New Jersey - restoration1Horn Antenna-in Holmdel, New Jersey - restoration1
Stamp of Kazakhstan 299Stamp of Kazakhstan 299
Project Echo, spare canister for containing satellite - National Electronics Museum - DSC00583Project Echo, spare canister for containing satellite - National Electronics Museum - DSC00583
Communications Satellite, Echo 1Communications Satellite, Echo 1