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Artificial satellite in telecommuniation

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

15'' Communications Satellite KLZ, 1965 May 15

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Identifier: M085.10.0194.00020
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 10 of 11 Includes foreign relations trip materials, newsletters, radio scripts, press releases, weekly reports, and audio and video tapes.

Dates: 1965 May 15

Report from Washington. Communication satellite, 1962 May 5

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00059
Abstract Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 3, 1962. Rep. Dominick announces the passage of a bill in the House creating a satellite communications corporation. Dominick explains that the corporation is a joint venture between government agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Communications Corporation (FCC), and private communications companies who will work together to...
Dates: 1962 May 5

Representative Peter H. Dominick receives a briefing on the latest advances in telecommunications satellite technologies in the hearing room of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee in 1962, 1962

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Identifier: M085.09.0186.0025.00001
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Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) listens as an unidentified telecommunications company executive reviews details of a global satellite communications system following hearings before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Congress passed the Communications Satellite Act in 1962, which created the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). COMSAT used artificial satellites to establish a commercial system of global communication.

Dates: 1962