Modern Marvels Satellites (Season 3, Episode 5)
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History

Modern Marvels

Satellites (Season 3, Episode 5)

TV-14

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History

From Sputnik to the communications satellites that beam images worldwide, trace the development of the orbiting wonders that have transformed the world.

Writers

Robert Beemer | Bruce Nash (creator)

Producer

Robert Beemer

Composer

Alan Ett

Editor

Glenn Takakjian

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 17, 1997

Release date

Aug 17, 1997 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Rosalynn Carter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Americans (1978)
Arthur C. Clarke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dwayne A. Day Self - Policy Analyst, Space Policy Institute Self - Policy Analyst, Space Policy Institute See fewer	Modern Marvels (1993)
Steven Dorfman Self - Chairman, Hughes, Telecom. and Space Company Self - Chairman, Hughes, Telecom. and Space Company See fewer	Modern Marvels (1993)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Yuri Gagarin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Novogodniy kalendar (1965)
John Glenn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frasier (1993)
David S. Johnson Self - NOAA, Retired, Satellite Administrator Self - NOAA, Retired, Satellite Administrator See fewer	Modern Marvels (1993)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Roger Launius Self - NASA Chief Historian (as Roger D. Launius) Self - NASA Chief Historian (as Roger D. Launius) See fewer	When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Harlan Saperstein Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Biography (1987)
J. Gordon Vaeth Self - NOAA, Ret., Satellite Op. Director Self - NOAA, Ret., Satellite Op. Director See fewer	Nova (1974)
Wernher von Braun Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)