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    What and when was the first commercial satellite ever put into orbit?

    Question #55369. Asked by Buck540. (Feb 21 05 9:26 PM)


    tamarindgh

    		Telstar.

    Feb 21 05, 10:16 PM
    joezhou300

    		Sputnik

    Feb 21 05, 10:16 PM
    tamarindgh

    		And it was july 10th, 1962. The first communications satellite.

    Feb 21 05, 10:36 PM
    Buck540

    		Actually it was Telstar I.

    Feb 22 05, 7:39 AM
    tamarindgh

    		Sorry buck, I was falling asleep at the time.
    And that was the date it started working, not the launch date.

    Feb 22 05, 9:29 AM

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