QuickCheck: Is the world's first communications satellite still in orbit?

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QuickCheck: Is the world's first communications satellite still in orbit?
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A woman who filmed herself arguing with the police after she verbally abused a hospital staff member was sentenced to five weeks and five days’ jail and fined S$600 on Wednesday.

THE world we live in today depends on man-made satellites; from long distance video meetups and phone calls to watching football games at a mamak eatery, a communications satellite is involved at some point.

This satellite – no bigger than a large beach ball and weighing 171kg – is also the first-ever privately developed satellite, as it was built by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to test basic features of communications in space. It also had a scientific function, as it also carried experiments to measure the distribution of protons and electrons in the Van Allen Belts.

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