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Launched October 4, 1960, Courier 1B was the world's first active repeater satellite. Courier was built by the Palo Alto, California–based Western Development Labs (WDL) division of Philco, now the Space Systems/Loral division of Loral Space & Communications.

See also: Project SCORE

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Modellers' Guide to Thor-Able Star and Delta Rockets (2374 words)
	Courier 1B was an early communication satellite that was the first to receive and relay messages through transponders.
	Courier 1B was launched on October 4, 1960 and functioned for 17 days before it failed to respond to ground commands.
	Courier 1B received the signal and then amplified it before re-transmitting it to another ground station.

Courier 1B: Information from Answers.com (255 words)
	Launched 4 October 1960, Courier 1B was the world’s first active repeater satellite.
	Courier was built by the Palo Alto, California–based Western Development Labs (WDL) division of Philco, previously known as Army Fort Monmouth Laboratories and now the Space Systems/Loral division of Loral Space and Communications.
	Proposed by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in September 1958, this satellite was a flown in 1960.

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