SP-4217 Beyond the Ionosphere
BEYOND THE IONOSPHERE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I: PASSIVE ORIGINS.
- Chapter 1. Daniel R. Headrick, "Radio
Versus Cable: International Telecommunications before Satellites".
- Chapter 2. David K. Van Keuren, "Moon in
Their Eyes: Moon Communication Relay at the Naval Research
Laboratory, 1951-1962".
- Chapter 3. Jon Agar, "Moon Relay
Experiments at Jodrell Bank".
PART II: CREATING THE GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL
SYSTEMS: THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
- Chapter 4. Donald C. Elder, "Something
of Value: Echo 1 and the Beginnings of Satellite Communications".
- Chapter 5. Craig B. Waff, "Project Echo,
Goldstone, and Holmdel: Satellite Communication as Viewed from the
Ground Station".
- Chapter 6. Daniel R. Glover, "NASA
Experimental Communication Satellites, 1958-1995".
- Chapter 7. David N. Spires and Rick W.
Sturdevant, "From Advent to Milstar: The United States Air Force
and the Challenges of Military Satellite Communications.
- Chapter 8. William W. Ward and Franklin
W. Floyd, "Thirty Years of Research and Development in Space
Communications at Lincoln Laboratory".
- Chapter 9. David J. Whalen, "Billion
Dollar Technology: A Short Historical Overview of the Origins of
Communication Satellite Technology, 1945-1965".
PART II: CREATING GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL
SYSTEMS: EUROPE.
- Chapter 10. Arturo Russo, "Launching
the European Telecommunications Satellite Program".
- Chapter 11. Lorenza Sebesta, "The Good,
the Bad, the Ugly: U.S.-European Relations and the Decision to
Build a European Launch Vehicle".
- Chapter 12. Nigel Wright, "The
Formulation of British and European Policy Toward an International
Satellite Telecommunications System: The Role of the British
Foreign Office".
- Chapter 13. Jonathan F. Galloway,
"Originating Communications Satellite Systems: The Interactions of
Technological Change, Domestic Politics, and Foreign Policy".
PART III: THE UNFOLDING OF THE WORLD SYSTEM: GEOGRAPHY,
POLITICS, AND CULTURE.
- Chapter 14. Bert C. Blevis, "The
Pursuit of Equality: The Role of the Ionosphere and Satellite
Communications in Canadian Development".
- Chapter 15. Zhu Yilin, "China's
Communication Satellites and Their Benefits".
- Chapter 16. Raman Srinivasan, "No Free
Launch: Designing the Indian National Satellite".
- Chapter 17. Brian Shoesmith,
"Footprints to the Future, Shadows of the Past: Towards a History
of Communication Satellites in Asia".
- Chapter 18. José Altshuler,
"From Shortwave and Scatter to Satellite: Cuba's International
Communications".
- Chapter 19. Roberto Diaz-Martin, "The
Recent History of Satellite Communications in Cuba".
PART III: THE UNFOLDING OF THE WORLD SYSTEM:
APPLICATIONS.
- Chapter 20. Joseph N. Pelton, "Project
SHARE and the Development of Global Satellite Communications".
- Chapter 21. Edward J. Martin, "The
Evolution of Mobile Satellite Communications".
- Chapter 22. Adam L. Gruen, "Net Gain:
The Use of Satellites at MCI in the 1980s".
Appendix A: For Further Reading.
Appendix B: Timeline of Selected Events in
the Development of Satellite Communications.
About the authors.
Glossary of Acronyms.
Index.
The NASA History Series.