<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncom#Syncom_2" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syncom">Syncom 2</a>, the world's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_satellite" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Geosynchronous satellite">geosynchronous satellite</a>, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.