Launch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_I" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Intelsat I">Early Bird</a>, the first commercial communications <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Satellite">satellite</a> to be placed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Geosynchronous orbit">geosynchronous orbit</a>.