Bayan da aka kaddamar da Telstar ta hanyar tauraron dan adam na Westar 1, RCA Americom (daga baya GE Americom, yanzu SES) ya kaddamar da Satcom 1 a shekarar 1975. Satcom 1 ne ya taimaka wajen taimakawa tashoshin TV na farko kamar WTBS (yanzu TBS), HBO, CBN (yanzu Freeform) da The Weather Channel sun zama masu nasara, saboda waɗannan tashoshin sun rarraba shirye-shiryen su ga dukkan tashoshin talabijin na gida ta amfani da tauraron dan adam. Bugu da ƙari, shi ne tauraron dan adam na farko da aka yi amfani da shi ta hanyar watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a Amurka, kamar ABC, NBC, da CBS, don rarraba shirye-shirye zuwa tashoshin haɗin gwiwar su na gida. Satcom 1 an yi amfani da shi sosai saboda yana da sau biyu na sadarwa na gasar Westar 1 a Amurka (24 transponders a maimakon 12 na Westar 1), wanda ya haifar da ƙananan lambobin Astrium. Satellites a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na Astro Bus (yanzu TBS), HBO, CBN (yanzu Freeform) da The Weather Channel sun zama
Shekara ta 1975