Overview / D.K. Sachdev -- Syncom : world's first geostationary satellite / Harold A. Rosen -- Intelsat / Conny Kullman -- Telesat : the first domestic satellite system / Harry Kowalik -- INMARSAT : a success story / Ahmad F. Ghais -- Thuraya mobile satellite system / Ali Saeed Al Mazrooei and Adrian J. Morris -- EUTELSAT : an impressive success / Giuliano Berretta -- The mouse that roared : via LuxSat and GDL, how SES built ASTRA into the world's preeminent satellite operator / Yves Feltes -- The success story of JSAT / Yutaka Nagai with Taketo Furuhata ... [et al.] -- INSAT initiates communication revolution / U.R. Rao and A. Bhaskaranarayana -- The DBS dimension : how U.S. DBS success was achieved / Jimmy Schaeffler and Lloyd Covens -- Global Positioning System : origins, early concepts, development, and design success / Keith D. McDonald -- XM satellite radio--the first ten years : a trifecta of technology, product, and market / John F. Dealy -- INTELSAT VI (F-3) reboost mission : an epochal event in the history of the commercial space industry / Leonard R. Dest -- Earth stations : from very big to very small / Mark Dankberg -- DARPA's space history / Owen Brown, Fred Kennedy, and Wade Pulliam -- Potential success stories in the future / D.K. Sachdev.