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Carver was involved in the design and launch of the first Australian-made satellite, which recorded data on the absorption of ultraviolet radiation in the upper atmosphere over a number of years. In 1970 Professor Carver was elected to the chair of the UN Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee on
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the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and he held this position for the next 26 years. In 2000 he was awarded the UN's COSPAR Medal for this outstanding contribution.
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In 1978 he returned to the ANU as director of the Research School of Physical Sciences, a position he held until 1992.
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University of Adelaide Professor John Carver (right), at a summer school of physics
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and obtained a first-class honors degree in physics in 1947 from the
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