Québec. In Inuktitut, Anik means "brother". The Anik A satellites were the world's first national domestic satellites. (Prior to Anik A1's launch, all geosynchronous...
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motorcycles List of A1 roads A-001, the second abort test of the Apollo spacecraft Anik A1, a Canadian satellite Aussat (Optus) A1, a 1985 Australian telecommunications...
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Crown corporation created by an Act of Parliament. Telesat Canada launched Anik A1 in 1972 as the world's first domestic communications satellite in geostationary...
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North America's first geosynchronous communications satellite, Canada's Anik A1 in 1972. Westar 1 was put into orbit at 99° W in the Clarke belt (99° W...
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May 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2014. Robertson, Lloyd (1972-11-09). "Anik A1 launching: bridging the gap". CBC English TV. Archived from the original...
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60. Retrieved 16 December 2014. Robertson, Lloyd (9 November 1972). "Anik A1 launching: bridging the gap". CBC English TV. Retrieved 25 January 2007...
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HS-333 / HS-356". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 July 2012. Krebs, Gunter. "Anik A 1, 2, 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 July 2012. Krebs, Gunter. "Westar...
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launches, with Explorer 47, 50 and 51; the Aerojet engine was flown for the (Anik A1) satellite launch (mistakenly marked as xx1x in Delta 1000 series) The...
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Douglas built with TRW TR-201 engines. *Exception: AJ-10-118F engine for Anik-A1 launch. N/A 2 Extended Long Tank Thor RS-27 engine Castor 2 SRBs 2 SRBs...
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be placed in geosynchronous orbit. 9 November 1972 – Canadian Telesat Anik A1 launched world's first domestic communications satellite in geostationary...
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