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Intelsat, the 'big brother' of Early Bird

Object Description

Early Bird was the nickname of INTELSAT 1, the first communications satellite in geostationary orbit, launched 6 April 1965. Several generations of INTELSAT satellites followed.


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Object Information

Publisher
Deutsches Museum

Rights
Deutsches Museum

Identifier
BN- 48333

Type
image