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SCORE (satellite)
First ever communications satellite
SCORE was the world's first purpose-built communications satellite. Launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, SCORE provided the first broadcast of a human voice from space, the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle, and the second test of a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Communications satellite
Artificial satellite that relays radio signals
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. Communications satellites are used…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)