Geek Fact for June 28th

By Judy Novotny / 06/28/2012 / 1 Comment / Geek Facts

In 1983, NASA launched the Galaxy 1 satellite.

The Galaxy 1 was used for general communications services, such as television relay, voice and data. It was dedicated to cable television transmission across the US.

Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1983-065A

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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