NASA Experimental Communication Satellites

References and Bibliography

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  2. Jaffe, Leonard: Communications in Space. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.
  3. Musolf, Lloyd D. (ed.): Communications Satellites in Political Orbit. San Francisco: Chandler, 1968.
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