DocumentCode
1541808
Title
Focal points
Volume
1
Issue
3
fYear
1964
fDate
3/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
260
Lastpage
299
Abstract
On January 26 Echo II joined its sister satellites in their race around the earth to pick up messages from various spots and relay them to others. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration successfully launched the largest communications satellite in action at the time of writing, sending aloft a balloon-like structure with a diameter of 135 feet, and standing 13 stories high. Its development is a step toward a global passive communications network in the future.
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500653
Filename
6500653
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