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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 ...
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-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]
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program began as a joint effort between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1975 to develop geostationary weather satellites following the success of the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) and Synchronous Meteorological Satellite programs ...
The satellite had a cylindrical shape with a 142 centimeters (56 in) diameter and a height of 183 cm (72 in). After including the motor cover, the satellite was about 360 cm (140 in) tall. The surface of the satellite was covered by solar panels , and it utilized gravity-gradient stabilization for control.
In August, USPACE Technology Group, a Hong Kong-listed private space tech firm, said it had signed a strategic partnership with EgSA to develop satellite technology at Egypt’s Space City.
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), in support of the United Nations Program on Space Applications, is a non-governmental organization and professional network, whose goal is to convey the perspectives of students and young space professionals to the United Nations (UN), space industry, space agencies, and academia.