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For completeness, it should be pointed out that - although Clarke did mention the geostationary orbit - he was "significantly wrong" about the possible technologies that would make comsats feasible.
The first person to write about satellites for telecommunications was George Smith. Clarke admits this "influenced" his famous 1945 Wireless World paper.
(see http://technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=826
also: www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/050718_station_air.html ).
(I've previously pointed this out in newsgroup: uk tech digital tv - and got lots of abuse, which we don't want here! - but at least it should be mentioned).
The first person to write about satellites for telecommunications was George Smith. Clarke admits this "influenced" his famous 1945 Wireless World paper.
(see http://technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=826
also: www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/050718_station_air.html ).
(I've previously pointed this out in newsgroup: uk tech digital tv - and got lots of abuse, which we don't want here! - but at least it should be mentioned).