<img width="3101" height="2400" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INTELSAT_I_Early_Bird1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INTELSAT_I_Early_Bird1.jpg 3101w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INTELSAT_I_Early_Bird1-300x232.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INTELSAT_I_Early_Bird1-768x594.jpg 768w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/INTELSAT_I_Early_Bird1-1024x793.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 3101px) 100vw, 3101px" />

1965 – Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird, went into service. This geosynchronous satellite sent the first signal between nine different countries. A “One Hour TV Spectacular” was broadcast to Europe from the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Intelsat I went up in space on April 6, 1965 and had only 240 voice circuits, so it could only transmit one TV channel at a time. Early Bird was one of three satellites that broadcast the first landing on the moon in 1969.

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