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The Applications Technology Satellites (ATS) were a series of experimental satellites launched by NASA, under the supervision of, among others, Wernher von Braun. The program was launched in 1966 to test the feasibility of placing a satellite into geosynchronous orbit . [ 1 ]
ATS-6 during radio-frequency tests. ATS-6 during radio-frequency tests. ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) [2] was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division [3] [4] It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television ...
ATS-1 (Applications Technology Satellite 1), also designated ATS-B or Advanced Tech. Sat. 1, [2] was an experimental geostationary satellite, launched in 1966, and part of the Applications Technology Satellites Program. [3]
Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. [3] It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation. [ 4 ]
ATS-2 (Applications Technology Satellite) was a communications satellite launched by NASA on April 6, 1967, on an Atlas-Agena D rocket from Cape Canaveral. Objectives
The United States has developed many space programs since the beginning of the spaceflight era in the mid-20th century. The government runs space programs by three primary agencies: NASA for civil space; the United States Space Force for military space; and the National Reconnaissance Office for intelligence space.
ATS-4 (Applications Technology Satellite) also known as ATS-D was a communications satellite launched by NASA on August 10, 1968 [3] from Cape Canaveral through an Atlas-Centaur (AC-17) rocket. [1] [2]
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and military ...