Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Satcom, Communication Satellite
Full Description:
RCA engineer, Joel Bacher, adjusts a propulsion thruster on a communication satellite. The thrusters were designed to enable the spacecraft to maintain correct altitude control after it had achieved a 22,000-mile synchronous orbit over Earth. The satellite shown is an RCA Satcom domestic communication satellite that was launched December 13, 1975. The satellite was built by RCA Global Communication, Inc. and RCA Alaska Communications, Inc. This domestic communication satellite spurred the cable television industry to unprecedented heights with the assistance of a company known as Home Box Office (HBO). Cable television networks relay signals to ground-based stations using satellites. This allowed cable television to enter into the suburban and metropolitan markets, thus causing HBO to accumulate 1.6 million subscribers by the end of 1977.
Date:
12/10/75
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
Communication-Satell ites
Keywords:
Satellite
Keywords:
Communication
Keywords:
Satcom
Keywords:
HBO
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_where:
Alaska
facet_when:
1977
facet_when:
December 13, 1975
facet_when:
12-10-75
facet_when_year:
1977
facet_when_year:
1975
Image #:
75-H-1104
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 010
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
75-H-1104
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00010
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Satcom, Communication Satellite