Claim: Project Echo was manufactured by Bell Labs, an American industrial research and scientific development company owned by Finnish company Nokia, and launched on August 12, 1960.
Evidence: Echo 2 13:59:04, January 25, 1964 (UTC) (1964-01-25T13:59:04Z) Echo 1A 03:39:43, August 12, 1960 (UTC) (1960-08-12T03:39:43Z)