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Description: Provides a history of US communications satellite technology.
Communications Satellites Short History COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES SHORT HISTORY Communications Satellites: Making the In 500 years, when humankind looks back at the dawn of space travel, Apollo's landing on the Moon in 1969 may be the only event remembered. At the same time, however, Lyndon B. Johnson, himself an avid promoter of the space program, felt that reconnaissance satellites alone justified every penny spent on space. Weather forecasting has undergone a revolution because of the availability of pictures from geostationary meteorological satellites--pictures we see every day on television. All of these are important aspects of the space age, but satellite communications has probably had more effect than any of the rest on the average person. Satellite communications is also the only truly commercial space technology- -generating billions of dollars annually in sales of products and services.
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| Page title: | Communications Satellites Short History |
| Keywords: | NASA History |
| Description: | NASA History |
| IP-address: | 198.116.65.32 |
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