Welcome
to The
COMSAT
Legacy Project.
The
COMSAT
Legacy
Project
is an organization formed for the single purpose of
preserving the history and accomplishments of the COMSAT corporation for
posterity.
Prior to The
COMSAT
Legacy Project was the
COMSAT
History Project which was started when Lockheed Martin decided to close LMGT
and lay-off a large percentage of LMGT employees. Later, Steve Teller was made aware of the Legacy effort by Ed Martin. They met,
and the efforts were merged.
The changes in the organization were:
-
COMSAT
History Project (standalone)
-
COMSAT
Legacy Project (for COMARA)
-
COMSAT
Legacy Foundation (standalone)
-
COMSAT
Legacy Project (standalone)
Once the
COMSAT
Legacy Foundation was completed in disbursing materials copies of many materials were delivered to COMARA and
they posted some of them on their site. After many difficult years, the COMARA site was revamped and those materials no longer
are hosted on the COMARA site directly, but they are avaiable via links to the
COMSAT
Legacy Project website.
The COMSAT Legacy Project was originally operated by Edward J. Martin, President, William Coulter,
Counsel with a number of volunteers who donate their services. It was funded by
contributions from COMSAT veterans and guided by a Board of Directors chaired by
Joseph V. Charyk. In addition to Martin and Coulter, the other directors
were David Acheson, Lucius D. Battle, Jerome W. Breslow, John V. Evans, John
A. Johnson, Sidney Metzger and Carl J. Reber. See
COMSAT Legacy Project.
The former COMSAT Legacy Foundation has transferred many COMSAT materials
formerly in the possession of Lockheed Martin and others. Such materials
are were originally stored at the headquarters of IOT Systems in the former COMSAT
Laboratories building at 22300 COMSAT Drive, Clarksburg, Maryland 20871.
Steve Teller, President of IOT Systems, serves as Custodian of the COMSAT
Archives on behalf of the
Legacy Project.
To the extent practicable, arrangements have made for placement of COMSAT
publications such as COMSAT News, Pathways, COMSAT Magazine, Marifacts, COMSAT
Technical Review and Press releases into a controlled access library
for viewing
by COMSAT vets and other interested parties, the archiving of records for
historical research, the placement of COMSAT artifacts at
at Johns Hopkins
University ( COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins
), and the creation of a web site and of discs to display COMSAT photos
and videos. Steve Teller is the current President and operates the website on behalf of the COMSAT Legacy
Project.
A fairly extensive effort was undertaken to digitize the COMSAT Legacy Materials in
Clarksburg and that continues to this day although no longer in Clarksburg. Fortunately, the
COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins
is working with us and providing material that we do not have to digitize.
it must be noted however, Johns Hopkins has not proved to be an easy colaborator.
Once the materials were transferred it has proven difficult to get access and to have things digitized.
Fortunatly, many of the materials were digitized and put online prior to the transfer.
COMSAT Technical Reviews: COMSAT Technical Review Page
COMSAT Magazine: COMSAT Magazine
COMSAT News & Pathways: COMSAT News
COMSAT TODAY: COMSAT TODAY
COMSAT Laboratories Annual Reports/Review:
COMSAT Labs Review
COMSAT Oral Histories: COMSAT Oral History
Page
COMSAT at 10:
COMSAT at 10
COMSAT at 15:
COMSAT at 15
COMSAT Videos: COMSAT Videos
Early Bird Resource: Early Bird
Joseph V. Charyk papers at George Washington University:
Joseph V. Charyk papers at George Washington University
COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins(Original,archived here):
COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins
COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins(New, active):
COMSAT Collection at Johns Hopkins
Reflections of a Technocrat:
Reflections of a Technocrat by John McLucas
COMSAT Legacy Project Bulletins by the late Ed Martin:
COMSAT Legacy Project Bulletins
IOT History Project:
IOT History Project
COMSAT Laboratories Building:
COMSAT Laboratories Building
NASA/ACTS Program:
Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS) Program
Satellite Television Corporation (STC):
Satellite Television Corporation (STC)
Some of the Photos are available on the Gallery Page. Click on the Gallery
button on the top of this page to begin viewing the photos.
We have established a COMSAT Research Page is
intended to be used as a resource in
the process of writing a textbook on COMSAT and a series of articles on COMSAT
for SSPI. I am in the process of forming an editorial board and recruiting
authors. Each author ideally would write about what their area did in
COMSAT. Anyone who is interested in serving on the editorial board or who
would like to nominate someone else, please contact me.
The extensive effort of the COMSAT Legacy Foundation is greatly appreciated.
The ongoing support of the
COMARA
is greatly appreciated.
All comments, suggestions and offers of assistance will be most welcome.
Please contact me.
Steve Teller
Phone: (301) 892-6256
Email: teller@comsatlegacy.com
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Steven L. Teller
President
COMSAT
Legacy Project
19813 Leitersburg Pike
Suite 138
Hagerstown, Maryland 21742
Email: teller@comsatlegacy.com
Phone: (301) 892-6256
Fax: (651) 691-2940
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