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Orbita is a Soviet-Russian system
System

System is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole.The concept of an "integrated whole" can also be stated in terms of a system embodying a set of relationships which are differentiated from relationships of the set to other elements, and from relationships between an element of the se...
 of broadcasting and delivering TV signals via satellites. It is considered to be first ever national network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
 of satellite television
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
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Orbita is a Soviet-Russian system
System

System is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole.The concept of an "integrated whole" can also be stated in terms of a system embodying a set of relationships which are differentiated from relationships of the set to other elements, and from relationships between an element of the se...
 of broadcasting and delivering TV signals via satellites. It is considered to be first ever national network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
 of satellite television
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
. The Orbita system is based on communication satellites in highly elliptical Molniya orbit
Molniya orbit

A Molniya orbit is a type of highly elliptical orbit with an inclination of 63.4 Degree s and an orbital period of about 12 hours. Molniya orbits are named after a series of Soviet Union/Russian Molniya communications satellites which have been using this type of orbit since the mid 1960s....
s, as well as on many ground downlink TV stations for reception and relaying TV signals to antennas
Antenna (radio)

An 'antenna' is a transducer designed to transmitter or receive Electromagnetic radiations. In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic waves into electrical currents and vice versa....
 of TV sets of many local areas. The full deployment of the Orbita satellite system took place on 25 October of 1967 when ground downlink stations of some cities of Soviet Siberia
Siberia

Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
 and the Far East began to receive regular TV programmes from Moscow-based uplink
Uplink

A telecommunications link is generally one of several types of information transmission paths accomplished by communication satellites to connect two points on earth....
 stations via an artificial constellation
Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that appear to have a physical proximity in the sky. The stars in a constellation are often vastly distant from each other, but they appear close to each other from the perspective of Earth....
 of Molniya satellites.

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