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Sputniks to Cellphones

on Radio 5

Forty years on from the launch of Sputnik 1 into orbit, Jez Nelson takes a look at the satellites circling the globe and the competition among the big players,
Motorola, Globalstar and Bill Gates , as they launch hundreds of satellites to reach the remotest corners of the Earth.

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Jez Nelson
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Bill Gates

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