Outlines the historical development of marine telecommunication technology. Describes the facilities offered by the MARISAT system employing two equatorial-orbit satellites. Service offered by MARISAT include voice telephone, high-speed data for computer operation, facsimile for weather maps and charts, and the ability to transmit and receive telex messages on teleprinters and to interconnect with world-wide telex networks.
A new era in maritime communications
Eine neue Aera in der Seefunktechnik
Proceedings of the Radio Club of America ; 49 , 1 ; 6-7
1975
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