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OTD in Space - April 6: NASA launches 1st commercial communication satellite
On April 6, 1965, NASA launched the world's first commercial communications satellite into orbit. The satellite was named Intelsat 1 and nicknamed the "Early Bird." It was built by Hughes Aircraft Company for a telecommunications company called COMSAT. Early Bird could relay phone, TV, telegraph and fax communications, and it became the first ...
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