Communication · 1964

Geostationary satellite (Syncom)

A satellite hanging still over the Pacific broadcasts the Tokyo Olympics live.

Hughes' Syncom 2 of 1963 was the first geosynchronous satellite, and Syncom 3 in 1964 became geostationary, realising Arthur C. Clarke's 1945 proposal. Fixed-position satellites let dishes point once and stay put, the basis of satellite TV and global telephony.

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