Domsats (COMSTAR and SBS)

David J. Whalen
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David J. Whalen: University of North Dakota

Chapter 7 in The Rise and Fall of COMSAT, 2014, pp 144-171 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Intelsat Definitive Agreements of 1971 effectively ended (by 1979) Comsat’s management of the consortium. Intelsat transformed itself over the next few years into a fully formed independent international organization. Comsat had earlier tried to extend its US monopoly on international satellite communications—granted to Comsat by the Communications Satellite Act of 1962—to military satellite communications and domestic satellite communications. Both efforts were rejected. A year after a filing by ABC TV for a television Domsat (domestic satellite), the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry (Docket 16495) into the matter of “Establishment of Domestic Non-Common Carrier Communications Satellite Facilities by NonGovernmental Entities” (short form: Domsat) on March 6, 1966.1 By 1969, after years of study, and no FCC action, a new administration was ready to make things happen.

Keywords: Earth Station; Communication Satellite; Launch Vehicle; Ground Segment; Common Carrier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137396938_8

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