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Atlas B SCORE
🇺🇸SM-65B SCORE Project SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment)
1:110 Scale
H:22.6 cmD:2.8 cm
~24 bricks tall~4 studs wide
Maiden Launch1958-12-18
2 Stages
Height / Length
24.9 m
Diameter
3.1 m
Launch Mass
117,000 kg
Takeoff Thrust
1,630 kN
Mission Profile
The Atlas B SCORE (SM-65B, Project SCORE) was a two-stage American launch vehicle in the Atlas family, a modified Atlas B ICBM used for the world's first communications satellite experiment under the Atlas ICBM Program. Standing 24.9 m tall with a 3.1 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 117 tonnes, it generated 1,630 kN of liftoff thrust. First flying in December 1958, the Atlas B SCORE placed the entire Atlas sustainer stage with an attached communications relay into orbit, broadcasting President Eisenhower's Christmas message from space — the first voice broadcast from orbit.
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