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Launch of Sputnik 1 takes the world into the space age. |
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Satellite named SCORE transmits first voice communication. |
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Telstar I, the first self-powered satellite, relays TV signal across the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Relay I transmits first satellite
message between U.S. and Japan, carrying news of President Kennedy's
assassination. |
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Syncom III relays broadcasts of the Tokyo Olympic Games to the U.S. |
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Intelsat I, the first commercial communications satellite, is launched. |
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Japan establishes a Space Development Committee. |
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon. |
National Space Development Agency of Japan is |
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Japan launches Osumi, its first satellite. |
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The experimental communications satellite (CS) is launched. |
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The first broadcasting satellite (BS) is launched. |
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CS-2a communications satellite is launched. |
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Launch of BS-2a broadcasting satellite. |
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Japan Communications Satellite Planning Company Inc. is established. |
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Company is renamed Japan Communications Satellite Company, Inc. and Satellite Japan Corporation is established. |
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Japan Communications Satellite is certified as a Type I telecommunications carrier. |
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Enforcetment of Japan's Telecommunications Business
Law ushers in the era of deregulation. |
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Launch of BS-2b broadcasting satellite. |
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NHK begins trial BS broadcasts. |
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Japan Communications Satellite completes the Yokohama Satellite Control Center. |
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Japan Communications Satellite completes the Gunma Satellite Control Station. |
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NHK begins a BS broadcasts, Japan's first true
BS service. |
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Launch of CS-3a communications satellite. |
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Launch of CS-3b communications satellite. |
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Launch of JCSAT-1, Japan's first private-sector
communications satellite. |
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Start of dedicated satellite communications services using JCSAT-1. |
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