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NASA, The First 25 Years 1958-1983: Chapter 3 Applications Satellites
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- Thorne, Muriel M., Technical Monitor &; Editor
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Chapter 3 Applications Satellites
When the first satellites were launched in the late 1950's, many
people
were skeptical about the practical value of a space program. In just
three
years, however observations and measurements from Earth-orbiting satellites
were revolutionizing communications and weather forecasting and showing
Earth
on a global scale. These were the applications satellites, spacecraft
with
experiments and instruments that provided unique, direct benefits
to life on
Earth. They and those that evolved from them have made it possible
for people
on opposite sides of Earth to communicate instantaneously, for people
in
remote areas of the world to ...