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Faraday Lecture 1983-1984 ‘Let’s build a satellite’

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  • Duration: 1 hr 9 mins
  • Publication date: 24 Oct 2024
  • Part of series Faraday Lectures from the IET Archives

Abstract

Faraday Lecture 1983-1984 ‘Let’s build a satellite’

Presented by Anthony Giles and Allison Cross. In this lecture British Aerospace engineers construct a satellite on stage to demonstrate their use in telecommunications. IET Archives reference IET/SPE/03/02/01/13

Keywords:
  • Allison Cross
  • Anthony Giles
  • British Aerospace
  • Faraday Lecture
  • IET Archives
  • Michael Faraday
  • Sputnik
  • communications
  • electrical engineering

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