Applications Technology Satellite

The Applications Technology Satellites were a series of experimental satellites launched by NASA. The program was launched in 1966 to test the feasibility of placing a satellite into the geosynchronous orbit.^[1] The satellites were primarily designed to act as communication satellites, but also carried equipment related to meteorology and navigation. ATS-6 was the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment between NASA and ISRO.

See also

• Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

References

External links

• ATS at NASA's Mission and Spacecraft Library
• ATS, Past NASA Missions
• ATS, NASA Science Missions
• ATS-E - Press Kit