Electronics and Communication Engineering - Satellite Communication - Discussion

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 orbit, on April 6, 1965.

It was built by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company (later Hughes Space and Communications Company, and now Boeing Satellite Systems) for COMSAT, which activated it on June 28.

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Launch date: October 4, 1957, 7:28 PM

Orbit height: 577 km

Manufacturer: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Launch site: Gagarin's Start

Rocket: Sputnik

Cost: 15 million RUB (1957).

Intelsat I. 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 orbit, on April 6, 1965.

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