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World Service,03 Oct 1991,9 mins

How Satellite Broadcasting Works

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Writer and scientist Arthur C Clarke first proposed "extra terrestrial relays" in 1945. Now the sky is full of all kinds of satellites. How are radio and TV signals transmitted by geostationary satellites that are "distance anchored" in orbits 36,000 kilometres above the earth?

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