• Satellite Development Center). Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the...
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    geostationary satellites was the Hughes Aircraft Company's Syncom 2, launched on 26 July 1963. Syncom 2 was the first communications satellite in a geosynchronous...
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    four years earlier. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe...
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    1962 with Telstar 1, transmitting TV signals across the Atlantic Ocean. Syncom 3 expanded possibilities in 1964, broadcasting the Olympics. NASA's TIROS...
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    can remain in geosynchronous Earth orbit, and NSS-9 is above. In 1964, Syncom 3 was positioned on the International Date Line at the equator, a point 210...
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    August 23, 1963. The first satellite placed in a geostationary orbit was Syncom 3, which was launched by a Delta D rocket in 1964. With its increased bandwidth...
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    United States launched the world's first geostationary satellite, sending Syncom 3 into orbit in advance of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with a dual purpose...
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    Olympics from Tokyo, after the signal was relayed to the United States via Syncom 3. This marked the first time that two satellites were used in tandem for...
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    geosynchronous communication satellite, Syncom 2, was launched on 26 July 1963. The subsequent first geostationary Syncom 3, orbiting near the International...
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    communication was developed in the 1960s by NASA, which launched Syncom 1–3 satellites. Syncom 3 transmitted live coverage of the 1964 Olympics in Japan to...
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    space. Syncom 2 was the first geosynchronous satellite and its successor, Syncom 3, broadcast pictures from the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The first commercial...
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    Syncom 2. It was launched on a Delta rocket B booster from Cape Canaveral July 26, 1963. The first geostationary communication satellite was Syncom 3...
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  • July 26 USA First geosynchronous satellite Syncom 2 1964 August 19 USA First geostationary satellite Syncom 3 1964 October 12 USSR First spaceflight to...
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  • (with Syncom 3) December 13, 1962  United States Syncom 2 First communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit July 16, 1963  United States Syncom 3 First...
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  • Tokyo in October of that year, relying on the geostationary satellite Syncom 3 for the live television broadcast. The latter, however, was not the first...
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    could be seen in the United States with the aid of the recently launched Syncom 3 communications satellite, starting at 1:00 a.m. Eastern time on NBC. Born:...
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    core plus three Castor 1 boosters.[citation needed] 25. 19 August 1964. Syncom 3, the first geostationary communications satellite. 30. 6 April 1965. Intelsat...
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    Force Station Launch Complex 17A. The first, on 19 August 1964, carried Syncom 3, the first satellite in a geostationary orbit. The last, on 6 April 1965...
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  • dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. 1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months...
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  • October 10 Through the facilities of geostationary communication satellite Syncom 3, NBC’s first stint as the official Olympic broadcaster begins with the...
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    first stages, including the Delta D. (A Delta-D was used in 1964 to launch Syncom-3, the first satellite placed in a geostationary orbit.) Castor 1 stages...
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    had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit...
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    telecast internationally. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe...
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    (T-AG-164). The ship was sent to Lagos, Nigeria as the control station for Syncom 2 becoming the site of the first two way call by satellite by heads of state...
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  • Olympics from Tokyo, marking its Olympic TV debut. This time, NBC used the Syncom 3 satellite for direct broadcasts, with the opening ceremonies being broadcast...
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  • Kosmos-1 19 August 12:15:02 Delta D Cape Canaveral LC-17A US Air Force Syncom 3 (Syncom C) NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful Maiden flight...
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  • live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite Syncom 3. This telecast marks NBC's first Olympic broadcasting stint. October 18...
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    commercial communications satellites and retrieve and repair the Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3) satellite, which had been deployed during the STS-51-D mission...
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  • 13 February 1963. Pad 17B. Syncom 1; Thiokol Corporation Star-13B solid rocket as apogee motor. 20. 26 July 1963. Syncom 2; geosynchronous orbit, but...
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  • to orbit the Earth in February 1962; the nearby Patrick Air Force Base; Syncom 3 was launched on 19 August 1964, the world's first geostationary communication...
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