ATS 3
Carried advanced communications, meteorology, and navigation experiments.
Provided the first color pictures of the Earth and proved the interest of
maritime communications via satellite. Transmitted the first space
communication between an Earth station and a plane on 21 Nov 1967 above the
Atlantic.
Since 1980 the satellite transmits telephone traffic to and from Antartica.
Experiments for data (especially the Internet) took place too.
The ground station equipment for ATS-3 is scheduled to be removed from the pole
in 2006.
Begin
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End
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Position
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L:
5 Nov 1967
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47°W
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Jun
1988
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...
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105°W
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Would be an HS-306
Uplink
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Channel
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Downlink
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149.175
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1 |
135.555
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149.195
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2 |
135.575
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149.220
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3 |
135.600
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149.245
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4 |
135.625
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149.265
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5 |
135.645
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