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History of Satellite Systems

There is a long history of the development of satellites system from a communications point of
view. Some important events are shown below in a tabular form:

Year Description

1945 Arthur C. Clarke publishes an essay titled "Extra Terrestrial Relays"

1957 First satellite, SPUTNIK

1960 First Reflecting communication satellite, ECHO

1963 First Geostationary satellite, SYNCOM

1965 First Commercial geostationary satellite, "Early Bird" (INTEKSAT I): 240 duplex telephone
channels or 1 TV channel, 1.5 year lifetime.

1976 Three MARISAT satellites for maritime communication.

1982 First mobile satellite telephone system, INMARSAT - A

1988 First satellite system for mobile phones and data communication, INMARSAT -C

1993 First digital satellite telephone system

1998 Global satellite systems for small mobile phones.

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