SCORE (satellite)
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score-satellite-287-2693600
title:
SCORE (satellite)
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SCORE was the world's first purpose-built communications satellite. Launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, SCORE provided the second test of a communications relay system in space, the first broadcast of a human voice from space, and the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle. It captured world attention by broadcasting a Christmas message via shortwave radio from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower through an on-board tape recorder. The satellite was popul
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First ever communications satellite
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(satellite)
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2024-03-30T03:02:53Z
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