Aug 29 1973
From The Space Library
The Federal Communications Commission granted a waiver to RCA Global Communications, Inc., ITT World Communications, Inc., and Western Union International, Inc., permitting participation in construc-tion and operation of a maritime communications satellite system pro-posed by Communications Satellite Corp. FCC had granted permission April 11 to ComSatCorp to contract for three maritime comsats, but had stipulated that ComSatCorp allow other carriers to invest and par-ticipate in the system. (AP, W Star-News, 8/30/73, D6; FCC Pm)
A Huntsville Times editorial commented on the progress of Skylab 3 (launched July 28 to man the Orbital Workshop launched May 14) ; "While the Skylab flights may seem almost commonplace by now, we have a strong hunch that time will show that all the scientific research being performed and all the new pieces of information and know-how being gained up there in earth orbit were anything but routine. With each circuit completed, we can almost hear the added bits of data being dropped into man's ever-expanding bank of knowledge about his earth and its surroundings." (Huntsville Times, 8/29/73)
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