Satellite television C. Clarke proposed a worldwide communications system which would function by means of three satellites equally spaced apart in earth orbit. This was published in the October 1945 issue of the Wireless World magazine and won him the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1963. The first public satellite television signals from Europe to North America were relayed via the Telstar satellite over the Atlantic ocean on 23 July 1962, although a test broadcast had taken place almost two weeks earlier on 11 July. The signals were received and broadcast in North American and European countries and watched by over
ABS (satellite operator) ABS (satellite operator) ABS, formerly Asia Broadcast Satellite, is a global satellite operator based in Hong Kong and officially incorporated in Bermuda. Its services include direct-to-home and satellite-to-cable TV distribution, cellular services, and internet services. Operating 6 communication satellites, the satellite fleet currently covers 93% of the world’s population including the Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States. ABS was recognized by the Export-Import Bank of the United States for the purchase of two all-electric satellites (ABS-2A and ABS-3A) and one satellite (ABS-2) utilizing conventional propellant using the bank's loans, which created "an