Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 21 Jan 1964 21:14:59 GMT
Orbital launch #
#296 ever
Mission
Relay 2, although principally a communications satellite, carried particle experiments designed to map the trapped radiation belt.