 SITE was followed by similar experiments in various countries, which showed the important role satellite TV could play in providing education.As part of its Applications Technology Satellites program in the 1960s, NASA sought to field test the direct broadcast of television programs to terrestrial receivers via satellite and shortlisted India, Brazil and the People's Republic of China as potential sites to stage the test.The country which would receive these broadcasts would have to be large enough and also close to the equator for testing a direct-broadcast satellite.