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45 On May the next satellite in the applications series ATS6 was launched into a synchronous orbit thereby providing the basis for an expanded set of user experiments designed and developed the ATS6 spacecraft in order to conduct a series of followon ATS1 3 and 5 technical experiments and to experiment with using television for social service delivery in the areas of health care and education Smith ibid p 38 A broad range of education and health related activities was tried out on ATS6 during its availability in the US They were undertaken in three main regions Rocky Mountain area in the Appalachian States and in Alaska For a description of these projects and their political context in addition to Smith see Bert Cowlan and Dennis Foote 6American case studies Tony Bates and John Robinson ed Evaluating Educational Television and Radio Milton Keynes The Open _Universiy pp 30: 230-236 (1977)
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44. For a\ full description of these experiments, see Smith, ibid. PEACESAT, a case study discussed in the first chapter was also an ATS demonstration project. 45. "On May 30, 1974, the next satellite in the applications series, ATS-6, was launched into a synchronous orbit ... thereby providing the basis for an expanded set of user experiments. Specifically, NASA designed and developed the ATS-6 spacecraft in order to conduct a series of follow-on ATS-1, 3 and 5 technical experiments and to experiment with using television for social service delivery in the areas of health care and education." Smith, ibid., p. 38.. A broad range of education and health related activities was tried out on ATS-6 during its availability in the US. They were undertaken in three main regions, Rocky Mountain area, in the Appalachian States and in Alaska. For a description of these projects and their "political context," (in addition to Smith) see, Bert Cowlan and Dennis Foote, "The ATS-6-American case studies" Tony Bates and John Robinson ed., Evaluating Educational Television and Radio (Milton Keynes: The Open _Universiy, 1977), pp. 230-236.