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It captured world attention by broadcasting a Christmas message via short wave radio from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower through an on-board tape recorder. | It captured world attention by broadcasting a Christmas message via short wave radio from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower through an on-board tape recorder. | ||
The satellite was popularly dubbed "The Talking Atlas". SCORE, as a geopolitical strategy, placed the United States at an even technological par with the Soviet Union as a highly functional response to the Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 satellites. | The satellite was popularly dubbed "The Talking Atlas". SCORE, as a geopolitical strategy, placed the United States at an even technological par with the Soviet Union as a highly functional response to the [[Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)|Sputnik 1]] and Sputnik 2 satellites. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:SCORE_(satellite)_-_Wikipedia.png|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|[[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|SCORE (satellite)]] @ Wikipedia | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Crimes against astronomical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
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* [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)]] | * [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(satellite) SCORE (satellite)] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(satellite) SCORE (satellite)] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:27, 18 December 2020
Project SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite.
Launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, SCORE provided a first test of a communications relay system in space, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle.
It captured world attention by broadcasting a Christmas message via short wave radio from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower through an on-board tape recorder.
The satellite was popularly dubbed "The Talking Atlas". SCORE, as a geopolitical strategy, placed the United States at an even technological par with the Soviet Union as a highly functional response to the Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 satellites.
In the News
SCORE (satellite) @ Wikipedia
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- SCORE (satellite) @ Wikipedia