The European Space Agency launched satellite An experimental communications satellite named Olympus-1 on this day July 12 but since 1989, it has been the largest civil communications satellite ever built, and some have dubbed it ““LargeSat.
According to the website,space“American, program crashes Olympus-1 In 1991 he was lost in orbital space for a year before reconnecting, then in 1993 he was damaged by a meteor during a meteor shower. Perseid It has been permanently decommissioned, and is out of service for good.
It is worth noting that only two days ago, the world celebrated the launch of the first communications satellite, on July 10, 1962, which was launched under the name Telstar 1, which was transmitting television programs between Europe and the United States.
There are hundreds of satellites in space now operating in Earth orbits and for various purposes, even reaching places far beyond the limits of the planet to other planets and the moon, and space agencies continue to develop these important devices in the history of exploration and data transmission.
Date: 07-12-2022