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Rare 1960s NASA Hughes Syncom Satellite Model with Aluminum Base Large 1/4 Scale

$ 342.67

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Rare 1960s NASA Hughes Syncom Satellite Model with Aluminum Base Large 1/4 Scale. Dimensions 13” tall, model 7” diameter and 7.5” tall, base 8.5” diameter. Crate is 14”X16”X14”. Shipped with FedEx Ground.
    Syncom (the Syncom satellites) for “synchronous communication satellite” started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by Hughes Space and Communications (the Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known for producing, among other products, the Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile). Syncom II, launched in 1963, was the world’s first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom III, launched in 1964, was the world’s first geostationary satellite.