Editing Syncom (section)

=== Syncom 1 ===
'''Syncom 1''' was intended to be the first [[geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous]] communications satellite.  It was launched on February 14, 1963, with the [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta B]] #16 [[expendable launch system|launch vehicle]] from [[Cape Canaveral]], but was lost on the way to geosynchronous orbit due to an electronics failure.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898835,00.html |title=The Room-Size World |date=May 14, 1965 |magazine=[[TIME]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520010007/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898835,00.html |archive-date=May 20, 2009 }}
</ref> Seconds after the [[apogee]] kick motor for circularizing the orbit was fired, the spacecraft fell silent. Later telescopic observations verified the satellite was in an orbit with a period of almost 24 hours at a 33° inclination.