The growth of the Intelsat Global Commercial Communications Satellite System, which provides the facilities used to exchange television programs among many countries of the world, is described. Service was initiated between North America and Western Europe in 1965. Currently, some 48 separate geographic areas throughout the world are interconnected by the Intelsat System. The unique air-transportable Earth terminal, developed by the General Electric Company, at the request of the television networks, to meet the special requirements for providing live television coverage in color of the Apollo recoveries at sea, will also be described.


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    Title :

    Report on the Geneva Space Telecommunications Conference - Broadcasting Aspects


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1972-07-01


    Size :

    2027494 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English