The Rise and Fall of COMSAT: Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications

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D. Whalen

The Rise and Fall of COMSAT

Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications

D. Whalen

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
23 May 2014

Postal & telecommunications industries; Satellite communication; Space science

After pioneering this technology and growing the market, COMSAT fell prey to changes in government policy and to its own lack of entrepreneurial talent. The author explores the factors which contributed to this rise and fall of COMSAT.

By: D. Whalen
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781137396914
ISBN 10: 1137396911
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 23 May 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: A Technological Camelot 1. The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 2. Creating COMSAT 3. Creating Intelsat 4. Rising to the Peak 5. Mobile Satellite Communications 6. Technology 7. DOMSATs (COMSTAR and SBS) 8. Direct Broadcast Satellites 9. The Old Guard Retires 10. Fadeout Epilog: Post-Mortem

David J. Whalen gained BA and MS degrees in Astronomy at Boston University and University of Massachusetts, USA, respectively, spent five years in the US Navy (A6A Intruder), and began a 30-year career as a communications satellite engineer. Since 2007, he has been teaching in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota, USA, where he was Chair of the Department of Space Studies from 2007 to 2010.