Clarke's communications satellite article was NOT science fiction, it was a scientific article in Wireless World or some such radio-tech journal. It is just barely possible that he included the idea in a science fiction story before that article, but I doubt it.
See his book, *Ascent to Orbit*, for a facsimile reprint of the original article.
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Clarke's communications satellite article was NOT science fiction, it was a scientific article in Wireless World or some such radio-tech journal. It is just barely possible that he included the idea in a science fiction story before that article, but I doubt it. See his book, *Ascent to Orbit*, for a facsimile reprint of the original article.
/.ed Well, so much for THAT idea . . .