When Aaron discovers a tape recording made by his late grandfather, it sends him on a Space-Age search for a lost connection.

A documentary film. Coming soon.

Sistema Brasileiro de Telecomunicações por Satélite The official Hughes poster for Brasilsat, also known as SBTS. Note the logos at the bottom which include Embratel, the Brazilian telecommunications company and customer for the
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. ~ Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen, 1914. Captain Ireal A. Mayson, seco
RADARSAT-1 30 years ago today, on November 4th, 1995, RADARSAT-1 was launched from a Delta II rocket at Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. RADARSAT-1 was Canada’s first commercial Earth observation satellite. It utilized synthetic apert
Earth Station Lhasa 🇨🇳 This is a photograph of a Spar Aerospace-built satellite earth station dish in Lhasa, Tibet from the mid-late 1980s. The striking white building in the background is the Potala Palace, an historic palace that was once the wi
Elinca Communications Limited Elinca Communications Limited was an Ottawa-based consortium of Canadian electronics manufacturers and civil works engineering firms. They offered high-quality microwave telecommunications systems, mainly for developing
It all STEMmed from a Velvet Glove This advertisement, a first for Spar Aerospace (then called Spar Aerospace Products Limited), appeared in the Canadian edition of TIME magazine on November 8th, 1968. Larry D. Clarke, President and CEO, sought to
Ireal in Japan 🇯🇵 Part III. Intelsat VI was the sixth series of satellites for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, otherwise known as Intelsat. Ireal explains the origins of Intelsat in his tape recording as such: “
Ireal in Japan 🇯🇵 Part 2 This is Ireal’s invitation to a dinner for the Senior Management of Intelsat VI, hosted by Dr. Koji Kobyashi, Chairman and CEO of NEC Corporation, at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. The second slide shows the menu! Third
Ireal in Japan 🇯🇵 Part I. On October 17th, 1983, Ireal attended the Third Intelsat VI Senior Management Meeting, hosted by Dr. Koji Kobayashi, Chairman and CEO of NEC Corporation. Ireal represented Spar Aerospace Limited’s participation i
Alouette I in Space Canada’s first satellite is seen here in an artists rendering showing the fully deployed antennas or STEMs (Storable Tubular Extendable Members). The STEM would go on to be the first major product of the De Havilland Specia