This led to the development of Canada's own communications satellite program. This will be the case with the CASCADE system of Canada's CASSIOPE communications satellite. This satellite served as a test bed for advanced experimental communications satellite concepts and technology. Speedcast International Limited is an Australian company specializing in communications satellite technology. This could make the difference between hitting or not hitting a communications satellite from Earth. Delta III launch carrying the Orion-3 communications satellite. Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. The concept of the communications satellite was by Arthur C Clark. Telstar was the second active, direct relay communications satellite. Its successor, Syncom 3 was the first geostationary communications satellite. Telstar was the first active, direct relay commercial communications satellite. The AMOS-1 geostationary satellite began operations in 1996 as Israel's first commercial communications satellite. From June 2017, Bulgaria will have its first geostationary communications satellite. The first domestic communications satellite, Westar 1, was launched in 1974. The French Syracuse 3A military communications satellite was launched on the same rocket.