Jun 30 1979
From The Space Library
NASA said that it had turned off Applications Technology Satellite 6 (ATS 6) and would boost it to a higher orbit August 6. ATS 6 had lost three of its four thrusters and would be a hazard to other spacecraft if it failed on station. Launched in May 1974, it had exceeded its design lifetime by three years; transmitting directly to small ground receivers, it had relayed educational, scientific, and health programs to stations worldwide. "Firsts" included the first educational courses by satellite, first two-way teleconference and "telemedicine," and first successful satellite-to-satellite communications. (NASA Release 79-81)
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