# The Origins of Satellite Communications, 1945-1965

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- Authors: [David J. Whalen](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-j-whalen)
- Publisher: smithsonian_institution_scholarly_press
- ISBN: 978-19-3562-360-1
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2014-07-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Conventional assumptions hold that U. S. government research and development efforts produced the satellite communications industry. David J. Whalen has looked deeply into the history of the industry and...