Editing Courier 1B (section)

{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                = Courier 1B
| image               = Courier-1A.jpg
| image_caption       = Courier 1 satellite

| mission_type        = [[Communications satellite|Communications]]
| operator            = [[United States Army|US Army]] / [[DARPA|ARPA]]
| COSPAR_ID           = 1960-013A
| Harvard_designation = 1960 NU 1
| SATCAT              = 00058
| mission_duration    = 17 days (achieved) <br/> {{time interval|October 4, 1960, 17:45:00}} <br/> (in orbit)
| orbits_completed    = 1000

| spacecraft_bus      = 
| manufacturer        = Western Development Labs,<br/>division of [[Philco]]
| launch_mass         = 225 kg <ref name="Display"/>
| power               = 60 watts

| launch_date         = 4 October 1960, 17:45:00 GMT
| launch_rocket       = [[Thor-Ablestar|Thor-Able-Star]]
| launch_site         = [[Eastern Range|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17|LC-17B]]
| launch_contractor   = [[Douglas Aircraft Corporation|Douglas]] / [[Aerojet]]

| disposal_type       = 
| deactivated         = 
| last_contact        = 21 October 1960
| decay_date          =

| orbit_epoch         = 4 October 1960
| orbit_reference     = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]<ref name="Trajectory"/>
| orbit_regime        = [[low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| orbit_periapsis     = 938 km
| orbit_apoapsis      = 1237 km
| orbit_inclination   = 28.33°
| orbit_period        = 106.8 minutes
| apsis               = gee
}}

[[File:1960-10-06 Florida.webm|thumb|right|thumbtime=3|Universal newsreel about the launch of Courier 1B]]

'''Courier 1B''', is the world's first active [[repeater]] communications satellite, Courier 1B was successfully launched on  October 4, 1960 at 17:45:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first Courier satellite in Project Courier, '''Courier 1A''', was lost 2.5 minutes after lift-off on August 18, 1960.