SPACE AND SATELLITE INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS

Communications Satellite
Handbook
author: Walter L. Morgan and Gary D.
Gordon
published: February 1989
publisher:
Wiley
ISBN: 0-471-31603-2
format: 944pp;
hardcover
| Guide price band | US$ 200 to US$ 300 £ 120 to £ 180 200 to 300 |
description:
contents:
Obtaining Access to the Satellite. TELETRAFFIC: Interfaces Between Terrestrial
and Satellite Systems. Telecommunications Systems. COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
SYSTEMS: System Modeling. Overall System Calculations. MULTIPLE-ACCESS
TECHNIQUES: Frequency Domain Multiple Access. Time Domain Multiple Access.
Space Domain Multiple Access. Code Domain Multiple Access. Random Multiple
Access. SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY: Space Configuration and Subsystems. Telemetry,
Tracking, and Command. Solar Arrays. Attitude Control. Thermal Control.
SATELLITE ORBITS: Direction of Orbit Normals and of Sun. Elliptical Orbits in a
Plane. Earth Station--Azimuth, Elevation, and Range. Lunar and Solar
Perturbations. Launching into a Geostationary Orbit. Index.
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