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ThunJiy, July 30, 1959
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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.
Slowly industry will build up
on its investment and ultimate
ly play a big private role in
space.
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