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March 26, 2022

Original Commercial Satellite Donated to Smithsonian

Intelsat 1, Telecom Relay for Apollo 11, Will Join New Spacecraft Exhibit in 2025

Intelsat will donate a piece of its company history to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The unit, Intelsat 1, was the backup for the the first commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit. Its twin was successfully launched on April 6, 1965. With its elder sibling safely in orbit, the understudy was left to be put on display at the company's US headquarters. The piece of history is credited with carrying the broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing to viewers around the world...

H100R Designed to Carry Tracked and Wheeled UAVs for Remote Deployment

Heven Drones revealed their new "full turnkey robotic solution with land and air integration" at the Israeli defense exhibition, showing off a combination aerial drone and tracked UAV. The drone contains 8 electric motors surrounding a carriage bay with a dropping ramp for wheeled and tracked vehicles, allowing small, lightweight payloads to be air-dropped while human operators remain safely away.