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thelr-ahoes and put on lint free nylon caps and gowns. Engineers used washable crayon Winstead of chalk on blackboards.
Absolute cleanliness was essential, for one smudgy fingerprint on a vital part could shorten Telstar’s life. As one scientist put it: “Once a satellite leaves the launching pad at Cape Canaveral, you can’t bring it down for repairs.”
The need tor a satellite Communications system has grown rapidly in the past decade. Telephone use has increased 75 percent in the United States alone. Conventional, equipment for domestic and international sert vice is already overloaded.
Oceans have been a big bottleneck. A limited number of channels, both cable and radio, exist to handle international, calls. Yet these calls increased 15 percent in 1961. *■
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