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Title
John Robinson Pierce, Communication Satellite Pioneer
Full Description
John Robinson Pierce, the former director of research at AT&T Bell
Telephone Laboratories. Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1910, Pierce was
the first to evaluate the various technical options in satellite
communications and assess the financial prospects. In 1952, he
published an article in Astounding Science Fiction in which he
discussed the potential benefits of satellite communications. A few
years later, Pierce greatly assisted in the creation of the first
artificial communication satellite, ECHO. Pierce died from pneumonia
complications on April 2, 2002 at the age of 92.
Keywords
John Robinson Pierce Communication Satellite ECHO AT&T
Subject Category
Communication-Satellites
Reference Numbers
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- Center Number:
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- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00016
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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