[1] The act aimed to join together private communication companies in order to make satellites more obtainable.

The Federal Communications Commission proposed that the ten companies join together in a program, but this was put down with antitrust legislation.

The United States Congress made it so that all companies registered by the FCC had nondiscriminatory access to the satellite systems.

The United States Government, including the President, NASA, and the FCC, were all to maintain certain duties to monitor the communications satellites.

NASA was designated as a technical advisor for the FCC and the communications corporation to the extent that would aid the nation.

COMSAT had been joined by 17 nations for the creation of Intelsat, International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Columbia Encyclopedia).

Fifty five nations had joined Intelsat, which was a consortium established to provide an intergovernmental owning of communications satellites.