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Communications


1998 Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million

1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications

1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)

1985 Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit

1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC

1983 Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented

1983 World Communications Year begins

1973 Intelsat communications satellite launched

1970 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite

1969 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 50 and Molniya 1-12 communications satellite

1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2

1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite

1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control

1964 Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched

1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins

1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched

1963 U.S. launches communications satellite Syncom 1

1962 Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched

1960 Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched

1958 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip

1948 Reed Hundt, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Federal Communications Commission chairman, 1993 - 1997, advisor to McKinsey & Company

1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created

1925 Lorraine Sweeny, communications specialist

1900 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy


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