Unfortunately, Syncom 1âlaunched 1963 February 14âwhile successfully reaching geosynchronous orbit in an inclined, eccentric orbit was unsuccessful due to an electronics failure. Syncom 2âlaunched 1963 July 26âbecame the first operational geosynchronous communications satellite.
Salida, California. Salida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 13,722. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area.
For those unable to make the trek to the path of totality, the eclipse will be partially visible from Chaffee County. The eclipse will be 86.9 percent as seen from Salida, 87.6 percent from Nathrop and 88 percent from Buena Vista.