\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 39 cm long, 71 cm diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 39 kg
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The last and most successful of the first three communications satellites to be placed in geostationary orbit; broadcasts the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 'live by satellite' (Syncom 1 placed in orbit on January 14, 1963, but radio failed, Syncom 2, launched July 26, 1963, only partly successful).