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This collection consists of publications relating to communications and other satellites, especially those produced by the Hughes Aircraft Company. The collection includes the following publications: "Hughes Communication Satellites;" "Hughes Multispectral Scanner System for ERTS, Goddard Space Flight Center;" a folder of materials from the Earth Observation Satellite Company; "1960-1970-1980: The Second Decade of Progress in Space Communications;" "Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Data Book;" "The Challenge of Excellence;" Hughes Space and Communications Group, "The SCG Journal," volume 2, number 11, November 1982; a page from an undated periodical that appears to be another edition of the Hughes Space and Communications Group, "The SCG Journal;" "SCG Program Notes," September 1978; Hughes Aircraft Company, Space and Communications Group report on launching their 85th spacecraft in 1985; "Intelsat IV A Satellite Launch Digest;" Hughes Aircraft Company, Space and Communications Group report on Intelsat VI; 4 color photographs of an unidentified Astronaut with the WESTAR-VI, Manned Maneuvering Unit; 1 color photograph and 1 color photocopy of the same photograph of an unidentified Space Shuttle (probably Challenger) being taxied by a NASA aircraft; 6 color photographs of Hughes Aircraft Company technicians at work

Identifier

NASM.2008.0012

Date

bulk 1975-1992

Provenance

Mark F. Bettinger, Gift, 2008

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Hughes Aircraft Company Satellite Publications, Accession 2008-0012, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Artificial satellites

Astronautics

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Publications