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(Encyclopedia) communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an…Comsat
(Encyclopedia) Comsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation; communications satellite.Inmarsat
(Encyclopedia) Inmarsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation; communications satellite.Intelsat
(Encyclopedia) Intelsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation; communications satellite.Telstar
(Encyclopedia) Telstar: see communications satellite.Syncom
(Encyclopedia) Syncom: see communications satellite.Communications Satellite Corporation
(Encyclopedia) Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), organization incorporated (1962) by an act of Congress to establish a commercial system of international communications using artificial…Pierce, John
(Encyclopedia) Pierce, John, 1910–2002, American electrical engineer, b. Des Moines, Iowa, grad. California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1936). Pierce worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories,…The 2003 Class of Inductees
George Carruthers, 1939–, Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera. The Far Ultraviolet Camera and Spectrograph uses ultraviolet light to study Earth's upper atmosphere, stars, and interstellar…Arthur C. Clarke
Sci-fi superstar Arthur C. Clarke wrote the 1953 novel Childhood's End, which went on to become one of most popular and acclaimed science fiction novels of all time. Yet he is still better known for…Trending
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