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Bullington, Kenneth, 25
Bush, George W., 173, 175-76; and “Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992,” 173-75, 352-68; and “Landsat
Remote Sensing Policy,” 345-47; and “U.S. Commercial Space Policy Guidelines,” 460-63
Byerly, Radford, 145-47
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California Institute of Technology (CIT), 29
Cape Canaveral, FL, 35
Carter, James E. (Jimmy), 171; and “Civil Operational Remote Sensing,” 294-95; and “Planning for a Civil
Operational Land Remote Sensing Satellite System,” 296-306
Cedar Rapids, IA, 24
Celler, Emanuel, 67-71
Chase Econometric Associates, Inc., 389, 390, 391, 426, 427, 431, 451; and “The Economic Impact of NASA R&D
Spending,” 414-26
Chance-Vought Corp., and Hughes “Commercial Satellite Communication Project,” 31-35; and Rosen’s
Commercial Communications Satellite, 35-39
Chapman Research Group, and “An Exploration of Benefits from NASA ‘Spinoff,’” 559-63
Clark, Tim, 145-47
Clarke, Arthur C., 1, 4; and “Extra-Terrestrial Relays,” 16-22; and “The Space Station,” 11-15
Clinton, William J., and “Convergence of U.S.-Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems,” 165,
221-23; and “Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992,” 173-75, 352-68; and “Landsat Remote Sensing
Strategy,” 372-75; and “National Space Policy” (1996), 463-73; and “U.S. Policy on Licensing and Operation
of Private Remote Sensing Systems,” 379-81
Commerce, Department of, 171-72; and “Basic Agreement Between U.S. Department of Commerce and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Concerning Operational Meteorological Satellite Systems,”
206-11; and “Civil Operational Remote Sensing,” 294-95; and “Commercial Space Industry in the Year 2000,”
473-80; and “Convergence of U.S.-Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems,” 165, 221-23;
and “Earth Information from Space by Remote Sensing,” 282-93; and Earth resource satellite commercialization,
175-76; and “Earth Resources Survey Program,” 248-50, 250-52, 253-56; and “Land Remote-Sensing
Commercialization Act of 1984,” 329-44; and “Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992,” 173-75, 352-68; and
“Landsat Remote Sensing Policy,” 345-47; and “Landsat Remote Sensing Strategy,” 372-75; and National
Performance Review, 164-65, 216-21; and “National Plan for a Common System of Meteorological Observation
Satellites, 204-206; and “Observing the Weather from a Satellite Vehicle,” 177-83; and “Planning for a Civil
Operational Land Remote Sensing Satellite System,” 296-306; and “The President’s Space Policy and
Commercial Space Initiatives to Begin the Next Century,” 455-60; and “Report of the Government Technical
Review Panel on Industry Responses on Commercialization of the Civil Remote Sensing Systems,” 309-21; and
“Resolution of Issues Related to Private Sector Transfer of Civil Land Observing Satellite Activities,” 306-08;
and “Transfer of Civil Meteorological Satellites,” 321-29; and “U.S. Policy on Licensing and Operation of
Private Remote Sensing Systems,” 379-81
Communications, satellite, 1-153; and “Administrative and Regulatory Problems Relating to the Authorization of
Commercially Operable Space Communications Systems,” 61-64; and Advanced Communications Technology
Satellite (ACTS), 9; and Anik, 10; and Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) program, 9; and APSTAR, 10;
and ARABSAT, 10; and ASIASAT, 10; and ASTRA, 10; and AT&T proposals, 45-60; and brief history of, 6-10;
and Clarke’s “Extra-Terrestrial Relays,” 16-22; and Clarke’s “The Space Station,” 11-15; Communications
Satellite Act of 1962, 5, 61, 63, 76-85, 85-89; and Communications Satellite Corp. (Comsat), 4-5, 72-76, 85-89;
and Communications Technology Satellite program, 9; and Defense Satellite Communications System
(DSCS), 10; and early concepts of, 2-4; and “Establishment of Domestic Communications-Satellite Facilities by
Non-Governmental Entities,” 120-32; and European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTEL-
SAT), 10; and “FCC Relation to Space Communication,” 42-45; and “Federal Research and Development for
Satellite Communications,” 135-45; and F.R. Kappel,
45-60; and “A Global System of Satellite Communications,” 99-108; and Hughes “Commercial Satellite
Communication Project,” 31-35; and INMARSAT, 11; and INTELSAT, 4-5, 6-10, 11, 91-95; and international
relations, 4-10; and International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 10-11, 65, 89-90; and legislation about,
67-72; and National Aeronautics and Space Council, 65-67, 76-77; and “National Space Policy” (1996), 463-73;
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