\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Box plus dish antenna, 4 metres high, 9.2 metres diameter, solar array span 15.8 metres
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.4 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Last and most successful satellite in the applications technology satellite (ATS) programme; the experimental satellite demonstrates the benefits of satellite broadcasting for education and information, first to remote communities in the USA then to Indian villages; also carries instruments for monitoring the climate.