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... of a satellite for the Corporation ComSatCorp took place on April 6, 1965, when the Early Bird satellite was placed in orbit using a thrust-augmented Delta launch vehicle. The launching was ... than Early Bird, and will need the capabilities of the thrust-augmented improved Delta launch vehicle. Otherwise, launch services are expected to be similar to those provided in support of the Early Bird. “The ...

... were produced in small numbers such as three, four, five or six spacecraft. All these early approaches to the design, manufacturing, testing, deployment, and operational implementation of spacecraft were quite expensive ... 2 Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 (14.1 kg) ref 3 , Intelsat 1 (or “Early Bird”) on April 6,1965 (149 kg) ref 4 were actually what might be legitimately called ... kg. (Image courtesy of NASA) Image:FS2018f7.3.jpg thumb right 250px Figure 7.3. Early Bird Satellite (Intelsat-1) launched to GEO Orbit in 1965 had a mass under 150 kg ...

... the FCC for authority to assemble a third Early Bird -type satellite from existing parts for a future launch. A back-up satellite to Early Bird EARLY BIRD I was already assembled; components for a third ...

... said. ''(Wash. Eve. Star, 4/1/66, A1)'' ComSatCorp 's third annual report revealed that EARLY BIRD 1 , operating since June 28, 1965, as the first commercial communications satellite, 125. had earned ... construction of the Early Bird satellites, the cost of the launch in April 6 1965 and expenditures for satellite system equipment." By the end of 1965, 75 of EARLY BIRD 1 's 240 two ...

... )'' EARLY BIRD communications satellite would relay a sampling of scientific, cultural, and entertainment events televised live at 35 sites in North America and Europe during an hour-long inaugural program, "This is Early Bird ... important ramifications in not only the cost, but possibly even in the feasibility of performing early manned missions to Mars. The importance of preliminary knowledge about the interaction of possible Martian ...

... the world: EARLY BIRD 1 ( INTELSAT I series) launched April 6, 1965, and Atlantic II ( INTELSAT II series) launched March 22, 1967, linking North America and Europe; and Lani Bird II ( INTELSAT II ... advanced satellites in INTEISAT m series that would have five times the communications capability of EARLY BIRD 1 . ComSatCorp reported that these latest satellites would be launched beginning in 1968 to expand ...

... vehicle technology." ''(Text)'' Paul G. Johnson of AEC-NASA SNPO said at AIAA meetings that early explorers of Mars may pass by planet Venus on way back to earth, to slow ... 's first commercial communications satellite, Early Bird, being built for ComSatCorp , would be completed in less than one year and ready for launch a month later. Early Bird was a first step toward global ...

... ComSatCorp 's Early Bird EARLY BIRD I communications satellite successfully received, amplified, and returned a television signal to Andover, Me, ground ... System AES Earth-orbital activities are a development phase for an orbital research laboratory or early space station as well as a lunar exploration station, Based on the Apollo Command and ...

... , San Diego Eve, Trib, 4/14/65; NASA Releases 65-111, 65-117)'' ComSatCorp 's Early Bird EARLY BIRD I communications satellite reached its permanent station over the Atlantic Ocean: apogee, 22,243 mi ... years. Sen, Monroney added that if U.S. carriers did not fly supersonic planes as early as foreign airlines, it could mean a loss of $1 billion a year in passenger ...

... problems of the flight. ''(Transcript)'' ITT World Communications, Inc., asked FCC for permission to use Early Bird EARLY BIRD I satellite for live television coverage of part of the Gemini V mission scheduled for ... wide variety of scientific experiments in geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and bioscience. Top priority recommended for early Apollo landing missions was collection of greatest possible number and variety of lunar material samples ...

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