OTD In Space - July 12: Communications Satellite Olympus Launched - video Dailymotion

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On July 12, 1989, the European Space Agency launched an experimental communications satellite named Olympus-1.  It was the largest civilian telecommunication satellite ever built, and some nicknamed it "LargeSat." It malfunctioned in 1991 and was lost in orbital space for a year before communication was re-established. Then in 1993, it was damaged by a meteor during the Perseid meteor shower and was decommissioned for good.

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00:00On this day in space. In 1989 the European Space Agency launched an

00:06experimental communications satellite named Olympus-1. It was the largest

00:11civilian telecommunications satellite ever built and some nicknamed it LargeSat.

00:15It malfunctioned in 1991 and was lost in orbital space for a year before

00:19communication was re-established. Then in 1993 it was damaged by a meteor during

00:24the Perseid meteor shower and was decommissioned for good. And that's what

00:28happened on this day in space.

OTD In Space - July 12: Communications Satellite Olympus Launched

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