![]() His idea did not become reality until 1963 with America’s launch of the first satellite in a geostationary orbit, Syncom 2. In 1945, Clarke published the technical paper “Extra-terrestrial Relays,” in which he expounded the principles of improving communication by placing satellites in geostationary orbits (meaning each satellite would stay directly above a fixed point on the Earth’s equator). ![]() After the war, he returned to London and to the BIS, resuming his role as president from 1946 to 1947, and again from 1950 to 1953. He started to experiment with astronautic material in the BIS while writing the BIS Bulletin and science fiction stories.ĭuring World War II, as a Royal Air Force officer, Clarke was in charge of the first radar talk-down equipment, the Ground Controlled Approach, during its experimental trials. There he joined the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) while working as a government auditor. The following year his father died, and four years later, in 1936, Arthur dropped out of school due to financial difficulties and moved to London. ![]() Raised on his family’s farm, he became interested in science when he was six, and built his first telescope at the age of thirteen. Clarke was born in Minehead, England on December 16, 1917. ![]()
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