As the definitive source on communications satellites and their role in today's world, this volume serves as a valuable, unique, and timely resource for scholars and students in telecommunications, communication and technology, mass ...
Communication Via Satellite: A Vision in Retrospect
Now in its second edition, this guide addresses the myriad aspects of the technology in its current form and explores the paths it is expected to take in the future.
This second edition covers all the latest advances in satellite technology and applications including direct-to-home broadcasting, digital audio and video, and VSAT networks.
Comprised of 50 chapters, this book begins with a 1945 article by Arthur C. Clarke in which he proposed the construction of rocket space stations in orbit that would provide complete radio coverage of the globe as well as extraterrestrial ...
Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent tocommunications satellites. The first half deals with link powerbudgets as well as communications hardware and examples of completelink budgets. Spacecraft technology and a...
Communication Satellites in the Geostationary Orbit
It is not all gloom and doom, however, within the mobile-satellite community. The latter half of the last decade witnessed a noticeable shift in emphasis away from non-geostationary satellite technology towards larger, multi-spot-beam ...
This authoritative book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts of satellite communications (SATCOM) network design and performance assessments.
The book balances its focused consideration of the telecommunications industry and markets with practical thoughts on creating a business involved in the introduction of commercial laser satellite communications systems.