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The satellite's solar panels are arrays of solar cells that provide the electrical energy needed for its functions, the power being stored in batteries. Its antennas may be 8 ft (2.5 m) in diameter and may transmit wide-area-of-coverage beams or narrowly focused “spot” beams.

Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts capturing the 4.5-ton Intelsat VI, a communications satellite stranded in an unusable orbit, in order to repair it, 1992.

NASA launch of Early Bird, or Intelsat I

Early Bird, or Intelsat I

Molniya 1L, a television communications satellite launched April 11, 1969.

Replicas of the synchronous communications satellites that allowed the 1968 Olympic Games to be televised in Europe and Japan.

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The satellite's solar panels are arrays of solar cells that provide the electrical energy needed for its functions, the power being stored in batteries. Its antennas may be 8 ft (2.5 m) in diameter and may transmit wide-area-of-coverage beams or narrowly focused “spot” beams.

Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts capturing the 4.5-ton Intelsat VI, a communications satellite stranded in an unusable orbit, in order to repair it, 1992.

NASA launch of Early Bird, or Intelsat I

Early Bird, or Intelsat I

Molniya 1L, a television communications satellite launched April 11, 1969.

Replicas of the synchronous communications satellites that allowed the 1968 Olympic Games to be televised in Europe and Japan.

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