4c Communications for Peace - Echo I single
Object Details
- Description
- This Echo I Communications for Peace Issue stamp commemorates the world’s first communications satellite, Echo I, which was placed into orbit on August 12, 1960. It was a balloon satellite, a reflector which allowed for signals to bounce off of its surface and return back to Earth. The stamp features an image of radio waves connecting Echo I and the Earth.
- United States; Echo I; NASA; satellite; orbit; space; radio; communications; signal; Earth; map
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- December 15, 1960
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5366
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (deep violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1173
- Topic
- Space Exploration & the Universe
- Technology & Inventions
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5366
