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Long title | An Act to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | CSA |
Enacted by | the 87th United States Congress |
Effective | August 31, 1962 |
Citations | |
Public law | 87-624 |
Statutes at Large | 76 Stat. 419 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 47 U.S.C.: Telegraphy |
U.S.C. sections created | 47 U.S.C. ch. 6 § 701 et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 was put into effect in order to deal with the issue of commercialization of space communications. This act was very controversial, and was left very open-ended. The act was signed August 31, 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.[1]