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Satellites International Handbook

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Joseph N. Pelton
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  2. John Howkins
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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Section I

    1. A User-Friendly Introduction to Satellites

      • Joseph N. Pelton
      Pages 1-3

    2. Trends in Satellite Communications

      • Albert Wheelon, Barry Miller
      Pages 5-18

    3. The Basics of Satellite Technology

      • Wilbur Pritchard
      Pages 19-24

    4. Intelsat: The Tomorrow Organization

      • Dean Burch
      Pages 25-27

    5. Inmarsat on the Move

      • Olof Lundberg
      Pages 29-30

    6. The European Telecommunications Satellite Organization

      • Andrea Caruso
      Pages 31-31

    7. The International Telecommunication Union and Space Communications

      • Richard Butler
      Pages 33-37

    8. Earth Station Antennas

      • Kunishi Nosaka, Matsuichi Yamada
      Pages 39-47

    9. The Economics of Satellite Communications

      • Marcellus Snow
      Pages 49-55

    10. Public Policy Issues in Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing

      • Thomas L. McPhail
      Pages 57-60

    11. The Itu and Satellite Communications

      • George A. Codding Jr
      Pages 61-69

    12. Satellite Communications and Development

      • Heather E. Hudson, Meheroo Jussawalla
      Pages 71-77

    13. Future Regional Satellite Systems: The Case of the Caribbean

      • Donna Demac, Aggrey Brown
      Pages 79-83

    14. Communications Satellite Services

      • Joseph N. Pelton, John Howkins
      Pages 85-85

    15. Video and Audio Conferencing Networks

      • Louis A. Bransford, Suzanne G. Douglas
      Pages 87-89

    16. Telecommunications Satellites and the Press Today

      • Oliver Robinson, Louis A. Bransford
      Pages 91-93

    17. Satellites and Television Broadcasting

      • Peter Marshall
      Pages 95-98

    18. The ‘Other’ Applications Satellites

      • Geoffrey K. C. Pardoe
      Pages 99-104

    19. Satellites For the Twenty-First Century

      • Joseph N. Pelton
      Pages 105-107
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Satellites International Handbook

  • Authors: Joseph N. Pelton, John Howkins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08103-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 265

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

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