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Topics: Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Satellitenfunk, Communications satellites systems
Based on a needs assessment of intra-state and inter-state interconnection telecommunication services, the Virginia Public Telecommunications Council (VPTC) envisions a public service satellite system consisting of: (1) primarily broadband transceiver capacities to areas having state supported institutions of higher education, perhaps with common carrier supplied narrow-band extensions to various state agencies; and (2) narrow-band transceiver capacities located in areas lacking institutions of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Higher Education, State Programs, Telecommunications
This script is part of a series of reports called backgrounders. Scripts in this collection were prepared for use by Voice of America programmers in English and other languages. Scanned from Library of Congress microfilm 01769 (113 reels, 1953-1980), reel 1978-1.
Topics: Voice of America, communications satellites, space, satellite television, Delta rocket
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Topics: Artificial satellites in telecommunication -- Economic aspects, Communications satellites Economic...
This paper begins with brief background on types of broadcast satellites and satellite programs in Europe. Reception and transmission costs, as well as predicted access to satellite transmissions, are then discussed. Uses of satellites for education and training in countries outside of Europe, particularly the program at the National Technological University in the United States, are summarized. Distinctions are drawn between the various media (television, audio, or data) and configurations...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Information...
This paper examines how the exploration of space has affected life on earth. Examined are milestones in space, war or peace in space, learning about earth from space, the satellite communications revolution, space industrialization, and the ownership of space. The real beginning of the Space Age was the October 1957 Soviet launch of a 184-pound satellite into orbit. The United States put an object into orbit in January 1958. The Soviet Union has taken an important lead in internationalizing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Astronomy, Communications Satellites, Earth Science, Industrialization, Peace, Space...
After outlining the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) responsibility for regulating interstate common carrier communication (non-broadcast communication whose carriers are required by law to furnish service at reasonable charges upon request), this information bulletin reviews the history, technological development, and current capabilities and prospects of telegraph, telephone (underseas cable), telephone (radio), satellite communications, the communications satellite corporation,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications, Communications Satellites, Federal Legislation, Radio,...
This discussion of research and evaluation issues in the application of satellite communications to education highlights the potential uses of this technology for the educator and points out what educational researchers and administrators can learn from past endeavors. The major projects known collectively as the Health/Education Telecommunications Experiments (HET)--conducted as a joint venture of NASA and HEW--are reviewed, including the Alaska education and health demonstrations, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Educational Technology, Program Evaluation, Speeches,...
When NASA announced in 1960 that private enterprise would produce communication satellites, rather than the Federal government, several large corporations proposed a joint venture involving a group of international carriers and electronic manufacturers, while American Telephone and Telegraph requested sole ownership. At that time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) appointed an ad hoc working group to formulate preliminary recommendations for a general course of action. This group...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Technology,...
Since the previous status report in November of 1970, there has been little progress made in the actual implementation of domestic satellite television systems, because comprehensive technical specifications had not been provided by the three broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS. When the requirements were submitted to the interested vendors, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) requirements were excluded due to the uncertainties of the free or reduced rates issue. This issue still has not been...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications, Communications Satellites, Educational Television, Public Television,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. The Technology Panel's activities were...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Instrumentation, Research, Science...
This paper describes a new technique for using videotaped educational materials that could form an important part of a satellite based educational delivery system. The method uses videotapes of regular classroom courses for the instruction of small groups of remote students who are assisted by paraprofessional tutors. The method is called the Tutored Videotape Instruction (TVI) technique. The paper is developed as follows: There is first a brief description of the technique followed by a set of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Educational Technology, Paraprofessional School Personnel,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments. This publication reports the panel's study of user requirements in nine areas: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Research, Science Education, Space...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been progressing over the past 5 years toward the institution of Direct Broadcast Satellite Radio (DBS-R) which would institute a new type of radio service. The FCC refers to the service as Satellite DARS (Digital Audio Radio Service), and it would provide reliable, high-fidelity satellite-delivered radio signals, receivable on fixed, mobile, and portable devices anywhere in the United States and its environs. Spectrum for provision of DBS-R...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Programming (Broadcast), Radio, Services, Technological...
These opening remarks by the Director General of Unesco briefly discuss that organization's activities in the area of copyright within the field of satellite communication. They were addressed to members of a committee whose purpose is to determine whether the protection of signals transmitted by communications satellites does or does not require either the modification of existing conventions or the preparation of a new international instrument. (Author/SJ)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Copyrights, International Organizations, International...
Two recent developments in communications satellite technology may speed the coming of cable TV (CATV) networks. First, increases in satellite power are reducing the cost of ground stations. Second, a connection between one ground station, the satellite, and any other ground station is no longer necessarily fixed. Now one station can communicate with another, and then have the circuit switched or reconnected to some other station. Lower-cost ground stations could make possible a multi-channel...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Educational Television, Programing...
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Topics: Iridium Communications, Inc, Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Satellites artificiels...
Adult educators view remedial education, higher education, and lifelong learning as the purposes for extending adult education programs through satellite communication. Thanks to communication satellites, the parameters of the adult education learning will be broad enough to include all adults regardless of age, sex, marital status, minority group membership, residential situation, or socioeconomic class. The predominant patterns of program development will be related to preparing people for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Educational Objectives, Educational...
Subjects covered in this annual report of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) include 1) action taken with regard to regulations; 2) application of international regulations; 3) telecommunication studies and standardization; 4) planning of the international telecommunication network; 5) technical cooperation activities; 6) cooperation with other international organizations concerned with space; and 7) information and documentation activities. In addition, appendixes contain the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Communications Satellites, International Law, International...
This report gives an overview of a study conducted by the Space Applications Board (SAB) on the practical applications of space systems. In this study, the SAB considered how the nation's space capability might be used to solve problems such as the shortage of food and energy; the improvement of the physical environment; inventorying and monitoring of the earth's land, water, and mineral resources; and limitation of the effects of natural disasters. To accomplish this, fourteen panels were...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Research, Science Education, Social...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Material Processing in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Production Techniques, Research,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied the progress of space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Agriculture,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Agriculture, Communications Satellites, Forestry, Research,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Inland Water...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Research, Science Education, Space...
As part of a study of the application of communication satellites to educational development, certain technical aspects of such a system were examined. A current controlled bistable switching element using a CW Gunn diode is reported on here. With modest circuits switching rates of the order of 10 MHz have been obtained. Switching is initiated by current pulses of short duration (5-10 nanoseconds). Rise times of the order of several nanoseconds could be obtained. The apparent mechanism which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Electric Circuits, Electromechanical Technology,...
THIS REPORT DEFINES AND ANALYZES POTENTIAL ASPECTS OF WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE, LISTS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, AND SUGGESTS USES OF SPACE COMMUNICATION TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND INFORMATION FLOW. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR $0.50 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS, OR FROM UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENDOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE. (LH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations, Information...
The PEACESAT (Pan Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite) project has the mechanism for the facilitation of communication with the Pacific islands and is based on a good understanding of the island systems that comprise the participants in the news exchange experiment. What has been lacking in the experiment is a systematic study of the journalist-participants, the values they hold toward the news, and the content areas they feel would have the highest reader or listener...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Information Dissemination, Journalism, Mass Media, News...
The Satellite Interconnection Project was created for the purpose of investigating the interest and need for improved interconnection, faster and of greater capacity than the capability of present systems, especially among Alaska state-supported users of video and audio transmissions. The intent was to explore the cost-benefit and the potential improvement in the quality and range of services supported by the state. It was anticipated that through the use of advanced telecommunications, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education,...
A design for network control software for a computer network is described in which some nodes are linked by a communications satellite channel. It is assumed that the network has an ARPANET-like configuration; that is, that specialized processors at each node are responsible for message switching and network control. The purpose of the control software is to oversee network operations--for example to keep track of message queues and switching functions, to tag messages with addresses and insure...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computers,...
The Pan-Pacific Educational and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) project for interconnecting classroom of colleges in the Pacific Basin was tried for the first time in June and July, 1971, between two campuses of the University of Hawaii. The experimenters found that while classroom interconnection by satellite produces some frustrations (e.g., noise levels), it has infinite possibilities. Students can produce measureable communication outcomes, cognitive, affective, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Communications Satellites,...
This report of a formative evaluation of S.T.E.P. provides a description of the data gathering instruments for this multi-discipline/multi-audience project, an explanation of the multi-attribute utility measurement format, and a discussion of the implementation procedures used. Data were collected by questionnaires, interviews, and anecodotal notes. Examples of these questionnaires are given in appendix A, while comments and recommendations, objectives, and results of the utility assessment of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Evaluation Criteria, Formative Evaluation, Interviews,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Land Use...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Land Use, Planning, Research,...
Developments in direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) regulation--which have evolved in the United Nations (UN), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and Unesco--have had an impact on the current international regulatory environment for DBS, especially those regulations evolving in the ITU, which has established a foundation of technical norms upon which further regulation can be created. Two international problems have blocked the widespread establishment of DBS systems: that of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Industry, Communications Satellites, Foreign Policy, International...
A general purpose maintenance trainer, which has the potential to simulate a wide variety of electronic equipments without hardware changes or new computer programs, has been developed and field tested by the Navy. Based on a previous laboratory model, the Generalized Maintenance Trainer Simulator (GMTS) is a relatively low cost trainer that offers intensive training in equipment set-up, troubleshooting, and system assessment. It uses a software database and microfiche photographs to simulate...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs,...
DESIGNED FOR A READER WITHOUT SPECIAL TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, THIS ILLUSTRATED RESOURCE PAPER EXPLAINS THE COMPONENTS OF A TELEVISION SYSTEM AND RELATES THEM TO THE COMPLETE SYSTEM. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED ARE THE FOLLOWING--STUDIO ORGANIZATION AND COMPATIBLE COLOR TELEVISION PRINCIPLES, WIRED AND RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, DIRECT VIEW AND PROJECTION DISPLAY OF TELEVISION IMAGES, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC, DIRECT VIDEO, AND ELECTRON BEAM RECORDING. RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS DISCUSSED ARE VHF-UHF BROADCASTING...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Television, Communications Satellites, Electronic Equipment, Production...
In sorting through predictions about future communications, it should be kept in mind that if one can think of a communication technology in the future, then that communication technology will stand a very good chance of becoming a reality. In other words, the forecasting of invention is not separate from invention itself. Secondly, the inventions of some of the more influential communications technologies will be absolutely unpredictable even by the more serious forecasters. It will also be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications, Communications Satellites, Expectation, Futures (of Society), Mass...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. The Panel on Extractable Resources was...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Earth Science, Geology, Research,...
Television will be a valuable tool in preparing people to cope with a shrinking and increasingly interdependent world. A child left to his own devices will equate "strangeness" with "danger". Television can bring a wide variety of experiences with different cultures to a child and help him to formulate an understanding of his place in the world. Television, particularly with the aid of a communications satellite, can be used for instructional, educational, or informational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Educational Television, International Education,...
Papers presented at the 25th annual conference of the Australia College of Education addressed four major themes: The Brave New World of 1984; The Communications Revolution; Being Human in a Technological Age; and Implications of the Technological Society of Education. Papers in this volume include: (1) "The Challenge of Education in the Brave New World" (Ninian Stephen); (2) "Facing the Brave New World: Will the Sleepers Wake in Time?" (B. O. Jones); (3) The Buntine...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Educational Technology, Educational Television,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Weather and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Climate, Communications Satellites, Meteorology, Research,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Uses of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications, Communications Satellites, Information...
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10/20
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Topics: Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Satellites artificiels dans les télécommunications,...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. In this report, the Panel on Environmental...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Environment, Environmental...
At the conference, which brought together many university representatives from the Pacific Rim, papers were presented yielding both individual problems, perspectives, and successes in computer networks and also group needs and development. In the first section of this report the status reports of networking in the Pacific Rim are summarized. Next comments on technical and policy issues in international network development include a special emphasis on the use of the ARPA Network as a resource...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Computer Programs, Computers, Conference Reports,...
This bulletin outlines the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) responsibilities in regulating the interstate and foreign common carrier communication via electrical means. Also summarized are the history, technological development, and current capabilities and prospects of telegraph, wire telephone, radiotelephone, satellite communications, ocean cable telegraph, and radiotelegraph. (SC)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Agencies, Communications Satellites, Federal Legislation, Government...
A visit to India to gather information on the INSAT-1B satellite project for the purpose of identifying the main issues involved in using satellites for education and teaching purposes, with respect to potential Open University of Great Britain involvement is outlined in this report. Organizations visited and individuals interviewed are identified, and a 33-item list of documentation on the Indian satellite experience collected during the visit or through desk research is provided. (MES)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Television, Foreign...
This paper examines the role that standard-setting plays in the adoption and growth of new technologies, particularly in the development of electronic media. Background on technological standardization is provided in the first section, including discussions of the costs and benefits of standardization and the timing of standards setting. The second section presents discussions of standard setting for various telecommunication media: (1) monochromatic television; (2) color television; (3) stereo...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Industry, Communications Satellites, Equipment Standards, Federal...
This document presents complete descriptions of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)-funded education experiments with the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) program. Special note is made of the ATS-F program which is considered as the most complex, versatile, and powerful communications spacecraft ever developed. This spacecraft will serve an international community as a special broadcasting station in space. A history of the ATS program is presented. ATS-F is the sixth step in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Satellites...
This paper surveys approaches that are deemed practical for instructional use of radios and computers by satellite transmission. For each of the two instructional technologies a brief history is provided, a survey of the evaluation studies of effectiveness is given, and a concluding section on planning for application is provided. Because the literature on these topics is extensive, an attempt is made to select for discussion items that are deemed of special importance or of particular use to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science,...
The function, design, and ground station requirements of the AMSAT-OSCAR non-commercial space satellite system are described, and various experiments designed for direct student participation in space communications are provided in this text primarily written for the science educator. Six chapters include: (1) an introduction to general satellite orbit problems and solutions, (2) a number of tracking methods for computing the positions of satellites, (3) onboard systems common to most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Higher Education, Radio, Science Activities, Science...
This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels comprised user specialists drawn from federal, state, and local governments and from business and industry. The Panel on Information Services and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Information Processing, Information...
