6:30am PDT - August 19th, 2021

1964:A Thor-Delta rocket carries the Hughes SYNCOM 3 communications satellite into space. In two weeks it achieves a near-perfect stationary position above the equator and International Date Line. That achievement made SYNCOM 3 the world’s first geostationary satellite. https://t.co/asOcST4fMr

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