The Origins of Satellite Communications: A brief overview of the historyof satellite communications.
NASA Experimental Communications Satellites: An excellent exhibit on the overall historyof NASA's efforts to develop communications satellites with images anddiscussions of individual projects.
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): Information on a NASA program for high risk communicationssatellites.
NASA Experimental Communications Satellites: A short history of experimental communications satellites developed by NASA.
Syncom 2: A description of Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous satellite.
Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication (SP-4217): Essays about the development of satellite communications.
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