Open AccessFrom wooden pigeons to Telstar: Precursors of modern maritime satellite communications
Author(s) -
Dimov Stojče Ilčev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of maritime history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2052-7756
pISSN - 0843-8714
DOI - 10.1177/0843871418824954
Subject(s) - satellite , communications satellite , telecommunications , computer science , aeronautics , remote sensing , engineering , geography , aerospace engineering
This research note identifies the precursors of the satellite communications systems that are basic to modern shipping activity. It comprises two main sections: first, an outline is provided of the evolution of communication technology from the earliest experiments in rockets in the fifth century BC to the 1950s; second, there is a discussion of the significant development of satellite technology in the 1960s and 1970s.
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