The birth of the first satellite television was initiated by the Europeans and Americans in 1962 through Telstar satellite. In 1963, Syncom 2 became the world’s first ever geosynchronous communication satellite. It was on April 6, 1965 that satellite television was introduced commercially. The Russians introduced the Orbita, the first national network of satellite television in 1967. And the rest is history.

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