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{{Short description|1960s and 80s NASA program to develop communications satellites}}
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'''Syncom''' (for "'''synchronous communication satellite'''") started as a 1961 [[NASA]] program for active [[geosynchronous]] [[communication satellite]]s, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of [[Hughes Aircraft Company]] (now the [[Boeing Satellite Development Center]]). Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the world's first [[geostationary satellite]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In the 1980s, the series was continued as Syncom IV with some much larger satellites, also manufactured by Hughes. They were leased to the [[United States military]] under the Leasat program.