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A Little About the History of Satellite TV

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 20:28

In a true example of how life can imitate art, especially when it comes to futurism, Arthur C. Clarke, author of the modern classic “2001, A Space Odyssey,” might not have even known the visionary quality of his own statement in the article “Extraterrestrial Relays.” Published in 1945, the article detailed plans for putting three ’space platforms’ into orbit above the Earth’s equator. The result would be worldwide communications achieved by bouncing signals off these space platforms.

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