 In August 1963, President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C., telephoned Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa aboard docked in Lagos Harbor—the first live two-way call between heads of government by satellite.The "Kingsport" acted as a control station and uplink station.Syncom 2 also relayed a number of test television transmissions from Fort Dix, New Jersey to a ground station in Andover, Maine, beginning on September 29, 1963.