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Early Bird
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 6 Apr 1965, 11:47 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Early Bird, also known as Intelsat I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, was built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, later Hughes Space and Communications Company.