This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(2,798 × 2,280 pixels, file size: 6.78 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Shown here is the 135-foot rigidized inflatable balloon satellite undergoing tensile stress test in a dirigible hangar at Weekesville, [ sic] North Carolina. The satellite, 50 times more rigidized than Echo I was placed into orbit as a passive communications experiment by NASA on January 25, 1964. When folded satellite is packed into the 41-inch diameter canister shown in the foreground.
Date
Source Great Images in NASA Description
Author NASA
This image or video was catalogued by NASA Headquarters of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: GPN-2002-000203 and Alternate ID: 61-E2-1.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Licensing

Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

Information

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

19 May 1961

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current 15:14, 16 November 2006 Thumbnail for version as of 15:14, 16 November 20062,798 × 2,280 (6.78 MB)Uwe W.Title Echo II ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Description Shown here is the 135-foot rigidized inflatable balloon satellite undergoing tensile stress test in a dirigible hanger at Weekesville, North Carolina
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from " /info/en/?search=File:Echo_II.jpg"