Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Summary
- By the late 1970s, communications via satellite had become a vital part of national and international life. The Comstar satellites were emblematic of this development. Built by Hughes Aircraft for American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), then the dominant provider of telecommunications services in the US, the Comstars were AT&T's first effort at using satellites to complement its extensive system of ground-based communications.
- The satellites were launched from 1976 to 1981. The last Comstar continued operation until 2002.
- Hughes Aircraft donated this 1/24 scale model of a Comstar satellite to the Museum in 1975.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Inventory Number
- A19750769000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Plastic, wood, copper alloy, steel, white metal plating, paint
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 30.5 × 11.7 × 9.5cm (1 ft. × 4 5/8 in. × 3 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- One World Connected
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19750769000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv980665a21-ffbb-4f6a-8461-518dd192b6ff
