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January 27, 2006
A Brief History of
Satellite as we know it today actually started back in 1984, when Hughes Electronics gained FCC approval to build and operate a direct broadcast satellite system, or DBS. The satellite DIRECTV 1 was launched on December 17, 1993 and in 1994, Hughes Electronics founded DIRECTV and premiered the first North American offering of DBS service. Often called the "minidish", this new satellite dish was considerably smaller than what consumers were used to approximately 18 inches in diameter and much more manageable than those large, cumbersome TVRO satellite dishes from our
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