David Whalen pens work on history of satellite communications (UND Newsletter: Jan • September 29, 2014 •
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The new iPhone 6 is the latest buzz, jam packed with novel digital wizardry. You could say the genesis of this technology—imaginable but not doable 20 years ago—evolved from the beep-beep-beep of Sputnik. That was the world’s first artificial satellite, launched Oct. 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union. That launch triggered the “Space Race” and […]