| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
| Image # : |
68-H-1024 |
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| Date : |
10/16/68
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Title
Olympic Game Communication Satellite "Birds"
Full Description
The replicas of the covey (flock) of synchronous communication
satellites that were used to televise the 19th Olympic Games from
Mexico City to audiences in Europe and Japan. The satellites are
shown at Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California where they
were built for NASA and Comsat Corporation. In the center is a full-
scale model of the Intelsat II satellite, which was used by Comsat to
send color TV direct to Japan via a Hughes ground station installed
near San Jose, California. Left of Intelsat is the NASA's ATS-3
(Application Technology Satellites), which transmitted the picture
portion of the Olympics to Europe and the Early Bird (right)
transmitted the voice commentary of the European telecast in a dozen
languages. These communication satellites went into orbit over the
Atlantic in April 1965.
Keywords
Olympic Game Communication Satellites Intelsat Early Bird ATS
Subject Category
Communication-Satellites
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
68-H-1024
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00018
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
JPEG |
72 |
93 |
11 |
| Small |
JPEG |
512 |
661 |
62 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1200 |
1550 |
174 |
| Large |
JPEG |
2400 |
3100 |
531 |
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