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Satellite television is television delivered by way of
communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial
television and cable television. In many areas of the world
satellite television services supplement older terrestrial signals,
providing a wider range of channels and services, including
subscription-only services.
The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the
Telstar satellite over North America in 1962. The first
geosynchronous communication satellite, Syncom 2 was launched in
1963. The world's first commercial communication satellite, called
Early Bird, was launched into synchronous orbit on April 6, 1965.
The first national network of satellite television, called Orbita,
was created in Soviet Union in 1967, and was based on the principle
of using the highly-elliptical Molniya satellite for re-broadcasting
and delivering of TV signal to ground downlink stations. The first
domestic North American satellite to carry television was Canada’s
geostationary Anik 1, which was launched in 1973. ATS-6, the world's
first experimental educational and Direct Broadcast Satellite, was
launched in 1974. The first Soviet geostationary satellite to carry
Direct-To-Home television, called Ekran, was launched in 1976.
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