Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pashure pokuparurwa kweTelstar kupfurikidza neWestar 1 satellites, RCA Americom (gare gare GE Americom, zvino SES) yakaparura Satcom 1 muna 1975. Yaiva Satcom 1 iyo yakabatsira mukubatsira makambani ekutanga eTV akadai seWTBS (ikozvino TBS), HBO, CBN (ikozvino Freeform) uye The Weather Channel yakabudirira, nokuti idzi nzira dzakagovera purogiramu yavo kune vose vemunharaunda yeTV yeTV vachishandisa satellite. Mukuwedzera, yakanga iri satiraiti yokutanga yakashandiswa nemitambo yeterevhizheni muUnited States, yakadai seABC, NBC, uye CBS, kugovera purogiramu kumasangano avo emunharaunda. Satcom 1 yakashandiswa zvikuru nokuti yakanga ine simba rokukurukurirana rakapetwa kaviri pane raikwikwidzana naro Westar 1 muAmerica (24 transponders mukusiyana ne12 yeWestar 1), zvichiita kuti mari yokushandisa transponder ive shoma. Mumakumi emakore akazotevera masatellite aiwanzova nenhamba dzakakwirira zvikuru dzema transponder. Pakazosvika 2000, Hughes Space and Communications (yava kunzi Boeing Satellite Development Center) yakanga yavaka inenge 40 muzana yemasatellite anopfuura zana ari kushandiswa munyika yose. Vamwe vanogadzira masatellite makuru vanosanganisira Space Systems/Loral, Orbital Sciences Corporation ine Star Bus series, Indian Space Research Organisation, Lockheed Martin (muridzi wekare weRCA Astro Electronics/GE Astro Space bhizinesi), Northrop Grumman, Alcatel Space, ikozvino Thales Alenia Space, ine Spacebus series, uye Astrium.  Mubvunzo: Satcom 1 yakazotangwa rini?
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