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Mr. Clarke also wrote, "2001, A Space Odyssey" and had no idea that he would have a very powerful influence on the future of communications.
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Arthur Clarke said that if you can put three space platforms in special orbit around earth you can acheive global communications. It just so happened that Russia acted on his words before anyone else.
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The vessel carried a small scientific bundle which helped discover the magnetic radiation belts around earth.
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There were over a million homes in the country with cable antennas by 1963. Similar to the satellite it recieves a signal sent from a station that then emits a picture on the television. Only difference is that with satellite it sends a signal from space.
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