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After pioneering this technology and growing the market, COMSAT fell prey to changes in government policy and to its own lack of entrepreneurial talent. The author explores the factors which contributed to this rise and fall of COMSAT. David Whalen Introduction: A Technological Camelot 1. The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 2. Creating COMSAT 3. Creating Intelsat 4. Rising to the Peak 5. Mobile Satellite Communications 6. Technology 7. DOMSATs (COMSTAR and SBS) 8. Direct Broadcast Satellites 9. The Old Guard Retires 10. Fadeout Epilog: Post-Mortem
