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Harry Dornbrand
Harry Dornbrand | |
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Partner | Mildred Dornbrand |
Awards | NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal |
Harry Dornbrand (November 10th, 1922 - present) is an
Biography
Early Life
Harry was born on November 10, 1922 and raised in
After school he enrolled in the United States Navy and was sent to
Career
During his time in the United States Navy, Dornbrand specialized in heat transfer and thermodynamics, and fluid flow research with
Fairchild and American Satellite Corporation
In 1966, Dornbrand joined Fairchild Industries Space and Electronics and worked as a Project Manager until 1973, when then-President
While Dornbrand was a Program Manager and Assistant General Manager of Fairchild Space and Electronics Division, NASA contracted Fairchild to oversee the creation of the ATS-6 and ATS-7 (also known as ATS-F and ATS-G) satellites, and he was appointed to be manager of both projects[10][11]. The ATS-6 satellite was the most powerful telecommunications satellite of its time, the first
NASA originally commissioned a seventh satellite in the ATS series, but despite a the construction of an ATS-G prototype, the project was never completed. In a 1976 article of the Fairchild World journal, Dornbrand said that due to the success of ATS-6 and "because the ATS-6 satellite gives promise of lasting for many more years than originally expected, NASA cancelled the second spacecraft"
Publications
Technical specifications for the ATS-6 satellite written by Harry Dornbrand. NASA Technical Reports.
Infrared Defrosting and Deicing, 1952. Worldcat.
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Vortex Tubes, 1950. Worldcat.
Awards
For his work with NASA leading the ATS-6 project, Dornbrand received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest honor awarded to a non-government employee by that organization[3].
See Also
- Fairchild Industries
- ATS-6
References
- ^ a b Shapiro, Ralph (September 1, 2012). From NYC Lower East Side to NASA Satellite Operations Manager. Xlibris Corporation. p. 62.
- ^ a b c d e "Four Named Vice President In Space, Electronics Co". Fairchild World. 10 (7): 1. July 1973.
- ^ a b c d e "President, Two V.P.s Appointed at Fairchild Space & Electronics Co". Fairchild World. 12 (4): 3. August 1975.
- ^ "Five Men Are Elected Vice Presidents". Fairchild World. 14 (2): 1, 6. February 1977.
- ^ "Who's Where". Aviation Week & Space Technology: 11. December 13, 1976.
- ^ a b "Dornbrand Named President of American Satellite Corp". Fairchild World. 13 (12): 2. December 1976.
- ^ "Award Winners and Proud Wives". Fairchild World. 11 (6): 1. December 1974.
- ^ NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. 4. Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1988. p. 400.
- ^ "Class of 1944" (PDF). City College Fund. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "ATS Manager Experienced". Fairchild World. 9 (11): 2. November 1972.
- ^ Dornbrand, Harry. "Applications Technology Satellite 6 - Upgrading the life style of millions of people". NASA Technical Reports Server. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ "Fairchild thanks the ATS-F team". The Wall Street Journal. June 13, 1974.
- ^ "Fairchild Awarded High Marks by NASA". Fairchild World. 12 (1). February 1975.
- ^ "Bicentennial Forecast Report". Fairchild World. 13 (1): 4. January 1976.
American Satellite Corporation
American Satellite Corporation (ASC) was one of
In June of 1973 ASC became the first company to transmit United States domestic television via satellite[4]. The first broadcast was of an address by then Speaker of the House Carl Albert delivered in Washington D.C. and sent to the National Cable Television Association convention in Anaheim, California[4]. On the same day, they became the first company to broadcast a major sports event via satellite: the fight between
In 1976 ASC began commercially delivering the
ASC contributed to Department of Defense communications systems and built the first digital satellite route from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland via a land base in California[6]. The corporation also invented a shipboard antenna that could connect military vessels to satellite communications despite the pitch and yaw motion of the ship[7].
By 1978 ASC "established the first wideband digital data transmission service via domestic satellite for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program"[8]. 1984 saw the corporation control the largest U.S. transceiver satellite communications network.
References
- ^ a b "American Satellite Moving To Establish Early Service". Fairchild World. 9 (11). November 1972.
- ^ "Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection" (PDF). Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ "Executive Corner". Computerworld: 48. Jan 17, 1977.
- ^ a b c "American Satellite Scores Historic First". Fairchild World. 11 (7): 1. July 1973.
- ^ "ASC Delivers the Journal". Fairchild World. 13 (1): 1, 6. January 1976.
- ^ "ASC Link to Reach Hawaii". Fairchild World. 13 (12): 2. December 1976.
- ^ "American Satellite Praised For Shipboard Antenna". Fairchild World. 13 (12): 2. December 1976.
- ^ Harrigan, Kathryn (Jan 1, 1985). Joint Ventures, Alliances, and Corporate Strategy. Beard Books. p. 197.