Satcom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Satcom
1965–70; sat(ellite) com(munications)
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Other programs include a $440-million defense contract that Boeing was awarded in March to build another Wideband Global Satcom satellite, which provide fast and secure communications for the U.S. and its allies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
In 1975, Satcom I transmitted the television feed of Home Box Office, an event that marked the birth of cable satellite programming.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2013
Sotheby's was helping RCA sell space on its new communications satellite, Satcom IV, scheduled to be launched Jan. 12.
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Models of Explorer I and a 1976 Satcom satellite hover above.
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RCA plans this December to send up another Satcom satellite that will carry more cable programs, even though some of the cable operators might take viewers away from the NBC network, which RCA owns.
From Time Magazine Archive
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