RCA Americom (yakazotevera GE Americom, ikozvino SES) yakatanga Satcom 1 muna 1975. Yakanga iri Satcom 1 iyo yakabatsira mukubatsira makambani ekutanga eTV akadai seWTBS (zvino TBS), HBO, CBN (zvino Freeform) uye The Weather Channel kuti ibudirire, nokuti idzi nzira dzakagovera purogiramu yavo kune vose vemunharaunda yeTV TV vachishandisa satellite. Uyezve, ndiyo yaiva satellite yekutanga yakashandiswa nemitambo yeTV muUnited States, yakadai seABC, NBC, uye CBS, kugovera purogiramu kune zviteshi zvepamba zvavo. Satcom 1 yakashandiswa zvikuru nokuti yaiva nekwanisi yekukurukurirana yeWestar 1 yakakwikwidzana (24 transponders muAmerica kusiyana ne12 yeWestar 1), zvichiita kuti nhamba dzeAstro-usage satellites dzive pasi.
Gore ra1975