Satellite Communication Systems
2nd Edition
Published in July 1991
Book
Hardback
564 pages
978-0-86341-229-5 (ISBN)
Description
A coverage of satellite communication systems which begins with an overview of the topic and then goes on to cover systems planning, access techniques, antennae, earth station engineering, satellite transponders, VSATs and cost-effective spacecraft engineering in low-Earth orbit microsatellites.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86341-229-5 (9780863412295)
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Content
Overview of satellite communications, A.K.Jefferis; satellite communications organizations, P.T.Thompson; satellite systems planning, B.G.Evans; satellite access techniques, T.C.Tozer and D.J.Sparkes; introduction to antennas, B.Claydon; the spectrum and its regulation, D.Eden; propagation and interference considerations relating to satellite communications systems, P.T.Thompson; modulation and modems, R.G.Stevens; coding, P.Sweeney; earth station engineering, C.Syron; earth station and satellite antennas, B.Claydon; satellite transponders, D.J.Flint; spacecraft engineering, J.Hamlet; military satellite communications, D.P.Haworth; VSATs - very small aperture terminals, R.Heron; cost-effective spacecraft engineering in low-Earth orbit microsatellites, M.N.Sweeting; mobile satellite communications, I.E.Casewell; on-board processing satellites, B.G.Evans; broadcasting satellites, B.Salkeld; data relay satellites, P.S.Hansell; future trends in satellite communications, P.Bartholome. Appendices: link budgets and planning - worked examples, B.G.Evans and T.C.Tozer; domestic satellite systems design - a case study, B.G.Evans; glossary.