Syncom-series satellite Common Design Types

Below is a checklist of Syncom-series satellite common design type stamps.

All items depict a satellite based on the Syncom publicity photo¹ (except with no rocket flame) and are therefore highlighted in yellow in the table below.

¹Many Syncom images are similar to NASA's Syncom publicity photo, which does not look like any of the Syncom reference images provided. This publicity photo was created by Bob Special, a NASA technician at Cape Kennedy. The publicity photo shows a flame coming out of Syncom's apogee motor. This was probably to make the image more dramatic. Some of the stamp reproductions of the publicity photo eliminate the flame, as noted. It must also be pointed out that the real Syncoms had a larger cone-shaped nozzle extending outward from the apogee motor than shown on the publicity photo.

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