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The Economics of Telecommunication Satellite Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Alan H. Stratford*
Affiliation:
Transport and Economics Department, ATS Co. Ltd

Extract

I am taking as a starting point the basic assumption that the most immediate and feasible use for an earth satellite from an economic and commercial point of view is as a link in the existing world telecommunication system. This is a small part of the field of U.S. space programmes, but is the first application of satellite systems to be commercially viable. It is now uppermost in our minds and the tests to be made during this summer give immediate reality to the project.

Type
The Economics of Astronautics
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1962

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