Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race - The Origins of Global Satellite Communications

"This book is a deeply researched account of how the United States established the first global satellite communications system to project geopolitical leadership during the Cold War"--

About the author

Hugh R. Slotten (DUNEDIN, NZ) is an associate professor in the Media, Film and Communication Program at the University of Otago. He is the author of Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the US Coast Survey and Radio's Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States.

Summary

One of the few works to analyze the establishment of a major global infrastructure project, this book provides an outstanding analytical overview of the history of global electronic communications from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh R. Slotten, Hugh R. (University of Otago) Slotten
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781421441221
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4122-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Space Science, History of engineering & technology, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, Satellite communication