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Early Bird
Thor Delta D · Communications
1965Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Early Bird, also known as Intelsat I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, was built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, later Hughes Space and Communications Company.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Delta D
- Orbit
- GSO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2