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| Image # : |
69-H-1540
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| Date : |
09/18/1969
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Title
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Paine Sign a Satellite Agreement
Full Description
Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai, (left) Chairman of the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) and head of India's Department of
Atomic Energy and Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, sign
an agreement to cooperate in an unprecedented experiment using a
space satellite to bring instructional television programs to
some 5,000 Indian villages.
The Applications Technology Satellite 6 (ATS 6)satellite launched
May 30, 1974, became available to the ISRO for one year on August
1, 1975. ATS 6 acted as a broadcasting station in space, sending
health and educational television programs to inexpensive ground
stations in remote villages of India.
Keywords
Vikram Sarabhai Thomas Paine India Applications Technology
Satellite ATS 6
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, NASA Management
Reference Numbers
- Center:
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- Center Number:
69-H-1540
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000081
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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