Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb "The early bird catches the worm") was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous...
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Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative...
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Olympics. NASA's TIROS satellites advanced meteorological research, while Intelsat I in 1965 showed commercial viability. Later, France's Arianespace and USA's...
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operated by Intelsat Corporation. Spaceflight portal McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 August 2016. "Intelsat Satellite...
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States. The world's first commercial communications satellite, called Intelsat I and nicknamed "Early Bird", was launched into geosynchronous orbit on...
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more than a city block. Now, I put the sweat of my life into this thing. I have my reputation all rolled up in it and I have stated several times that...
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July 1963. The world's first commercial communications satellite, called Intelsat I and nicknamed "Early Bird", was launched into geosynchronous orbit on...
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1963. The world's first commercial communications satellite, called Intelsat I and nicknamed "Early Bird", was launched into geosynchronous orbit on...
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Galaxy 33 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 133° West longitude, serving the North American market. It was built by Northrop Grumman...
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Meek's composition recording "Early Bird", 1965 instrumental named after Intelsat I "Stranger on the Shore" did make number one on the Billboard Hot 100,...
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April 6, 1965, the first commercial satellite was launched into space, Intelsat I, nicknamed Early Bird. The first commercial VSATs were C band (6 GHz)...
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the innovative design was the basis for the USAAC rejection of the H-1, "I tried to sell that airplane to the Army but they turned it down because at...
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television coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics. Shortly after Syncom 3, Intelsat I, aka Early Bird, was launched on 6 April 1965 and placed in orbit at 28°...
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carry Spike anti-tank missiles instead of the Hellfire. The latest AH-64D-I integrates Israeli systems such as Elta communications suite, Elbit mission...
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Intelsat 9 (IS-9) (formerly PAS-9) is an Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas, the...
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years. Some of its transponders are leased to Intelsat, who operate them under the designation Intelsat APR-2. INSAT-2E was launched by Arianespace, using...
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International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (category Intelsat)
organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth...
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Galaxy 19 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 97° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 19 replaced Galaxy 25...
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In 1965 Lloyd's wrote the first satellite insurance policy, covering Intelsat I in pre-launch. Later that year, when Lloyd's had around 6,000 members...
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and enforce illegal Sideshow activity". Twitter. Retrieved 15 May 2021. "I Bought An Abandoned Helicopter From South America..." YouTube. "MD500E Performance...
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active on the C and Ku bands, with 24 transponders for each. Owned by Intelsat, some of the satellite's users include DirecTV's Brazil and Latin America...
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spinning satellite, it was based on previous one-design satellites like Intelsat I. HAC built eight of these 300 watt, 12 channel single antenna satellites...
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world. These geosynchronous orbit satellites included Intelsat I (known as "Early Bird") and Intelsat II F-3 ("Canary Bird"). Both satellites were positioned...
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founder Howard Hughes had first promoted the D-2 as a "pursuit type airplane", (i.e. a fighter aircraft), but it lacked both the maneuverability of a fighter...
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