| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
| Image # : |
75-H-1104 |
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| Date : |
12/10/75
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Title
Satcom, Communication Satellite
Full Description
RCA engineer, Joel Bacher, adjusts a propulsion thruster on a
communication satellite. The thrusters were designed to enable the
spacecraft to maintain correct altitude control after it had achieved
a 22,000-mile synchronous orbit over Earth. The satellite shown is
an RCA Satcom domestic communication satellite that was launched
December 13, 1975. The satellite was built by RCA Global
Communication, Inc. and RCA Alaska Communications, Inc. This
domestic communication satellite spurred the cable television
industry to unprecedented heights with the assistance of a company
known as Home Box Office (HBO). Cable television networks relay signals
to ground-based stations using satellites. This allowed cable
television to enter into the suburban and metropolitan markets, thus
causing HBO to accumulate 1.6 million subscribers by the end of 1977.
Keywords
Satcom Communication Satellite HBO
Subject Category
Communication-Satellites
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
75-H-1104
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00010
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
JPEG |
68 |
85 |
5 |
| Small |
JPEG |
482 |
607 |
49 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1130 |
1422 |
128 |
| Large |
JPEG |
2260 |
2845 |
386 |
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