1) Communications satellite 2) Early orbiting satellite 3) NASA program
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Syncom (for `synchronous communication satellite`) started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by Hughes Space and Communications. Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world`s first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the worl......
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A series of experimental communications satellites, built by Hughes Aircraft, that demonstrated the feasibility of geosynchronous operation. A nitrogen tank explosion crippled Syncom 1 during its apogee burn, leaving Syncom 2 to become the first successful geosynchronous satellite. However, because ...
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one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.
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