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" . , . - 4" . - - - ' i ' .... .'.. r . : - ' - - - ""'-,, .- 1 V. - . ... .... ' .. ,: 4 .. . 1 - MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdfof J, Gr. ThunJiy, July 30, 1959 3 Big Y's-SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS 3 Big Y't SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS 3 Big Y's-SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS 3 Big Yfs Private Firms Have Satellite Projects Slated By ALLEN LONG Science SerTice Staff Wrlier Washington A handful of private companies already have their own satellite proj ects seriously in the works. Major effort is now being aimed at using satellites to improve telephone, telegraph, radio and television service on ' a world-wide basis. Transoceanic television cov erage of spectacular marriages or coronations could be flash ed instantly from Europe to America. It would take only minutes to reach a member of the family, vacationing abroad, with a telegraphic message sent over a radio channel to and from a satel lite. It has even been esti mated that a phone call to any receiver in the world via sat ellite, may cost as little as 25 cents. Companies Interested To mention only a few com panies interested in satellites: International Telephone and Telegraph, American- Tele phone and .Telegraph, Radio Corporation of America and General Electric company. Manv other companies are capable of either making or using communications satel lites. The talk now centers about "what kind of satellite" and "how do we get it up there." Two kinds of satellites pres ently appear promising. First is the passive satellite, which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes to launch next year. Second is the active satellite, a project of the Advanced Rsearch Projects Agency here in the Department of Defense. ARPA'f "talking" satellite is scheduled for launching with in a year. Contracts were awarded for it July 17. Passive Satellite The passive satellite will be a 100-foot plastic balloon aluminized on both side. It may be inflated either by two drops of water which, under the vacuum pressure of space, will be capable of expanding the light, thin sphere to its full size. Inflation might also - be accomplished with a small bottle of nitrogen. The pas sive satellite gets its name because it does nothing but bounce radio signals back to earth. The active satellite will be more complete. It will have electronic equipment aboard. Weaker radio signals can be sent up from the earth. They will be picked up, amplified by the electronic equipment and rebroadcast to earth up ' on command. It may last only two years. As operating ex perienced is gained, life ex pectancy may go up to 20 years or more for later mod els. The two Government satel lites should show quickly the relative merits of each type, and perhaps give direction to future commerlcal research ef fort. -. Problems Remain Although industry experts say flately that the radio equipment itself can, be read ily built and made to work with present knowledge, many problems remain to be solved. For instance, one company wonders whether radiations in - space, such as are found in in the Van Allan radiation belts around the earth, can I shorten the lifetime ol tne equipment. The big problem is "how to get the satellite up there." Dr. Henri G. Busignies, presi dent of International Tele phone and Telegraph Labora tories, said the estimated cost of missile-and-satellite is about $4,000,000. But "we consid ered that we could have four misfires before having one in operation. That multiplies the cost of $4,000,000 by five making a total of $20,000,000 for the first attempt." That is a big sheaf of money . for a private company to in vest. The emerging patterns, however, indicate that the gov- - eminent will take the lead, with industry cooperating. 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