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Subj: Re:Geosynchronous Satellite
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Sent: 160925/2053Z 44809@AE5ME.#NEOK.OK.USA.NOAM BPQ1.4.65
Scott,
Actually Telstar 1 and 2 were first.....But, they were not geosync orbits. Something like 700 miles by
3700 miles elliptical orbits. So, not 24 hour coverage from the ground stations :(
--Jeff AE5ME
----- Message from KD5NJR sent 2016/09/20 04:00 -----
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Date: 2016/09/20 04:00
From: KD5NJR
To: tech@ww
Source: KD5NJR
Subject: Re:Geosynchronous Satellite
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telstar must have been close behind...
----- Message from kf5jrv@kb0wsa.mo.usa.na sent 2016/09/02 12:15 -----
Message ID: 1282_KF5JRV
Date: 2016/09/02 12:15
From: kf5jrv@kb0wsa.mo.usa.na
To: tech@ww
Source: AE5ME
Subject: Geosynchronous Satellite
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R:160902/1215Z 1282@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQK1.4.65
The First Geosynchronous Communications Satellite
On July 26, 1963 the first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom 2,
was launched by NASA on a Delta rocket B booster from Cape Canaveral. "Its
orbit was inclined rather than geostationary. . . The satellite successfully
kept stationary at the altitude calculated by Herman Potocnik Noordung in the
1920s.
"During Syncom 2's first year, NASA conducted voice, teletype, and facsimile
tests, as well as 110 public demonstrations to acquaint people with Syncom's
capabilities and invite their feedback. In August 1963, President John F.
Kennedy in Washington, D.C., telephoned Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar
Balewa aboard USNS Kingsport docked in Lagos Harbor; the first live two-way
call between heads of state by satellite. The Kingsport acted as a control
station and uplink stationa'.
73, Scott kf5jrv
KF5JRV @ KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA
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