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Communications Satellites
The Technology of Space Communications
- 1st Edition - May 3, 2017
- Author: Larry Blonstein
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 0 7 0 - 4
Communications Satellites: The Technology of Space Communications focuses on the technologies and approaches employed in communications satellites. The book first tackles… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCommunications Satellites: The Technology of Space Communications focuses on the technologies and approaches employed in communications satellites. The book first tackles geosynchronous orbit, low orbit to geosynchronous altitude, disturbances in orbit, and turning a crate into a satellite. Topics include thermal and electrical power, station-keeping, and 'pointing'. The publication then ponders on on-board communications equipment, logarithms and decibels, and radio frequencies and wavelengths and their allocations. Discussions focus on fixed, broadcast, and mobile services, complete satellite, transponders, and antennas. The manuscript examines earth stations, traffic capacity and quality, selecting a satellite, and economic system optimization. Compression and modulation techniques, echo and delay, encryption, space loss, estimation of traffic capacity and quality, and up-link transmission are discussed. The text then elaborates on the economics of satellite communications and operational systems. The publication is valuable reference for readers interested in the technologies and approaches involved in communications satellites.
PrefaceList of PhotographsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Getting a Crate into Orbit2 The Geosynchronous Orbit3 From Low Orbit to Geosynchronous Altitude4 Disturbances in Orbit5 Turning a Crate into a Satellite Station-Keeping Pointing Electrical Power Thermal Control Nearly a Working Satellite6 On-Board Communications Equipment Transponders Antennas The Complete Satellite7 Logarithms and Decibels8 Radio Frequencies and Wavelengths, and their Allocations9 Coverage, Gain and EIRP10 Earth Stations Types, Construction and Sizes Performance Up-Link Transmission Pointing an Earth Station11 Traffic Capacity and Quality Quality EIRP and G/T Space Loss Boltzmann’s Constant Capacity Other Losses Estimating Traffic Capacity and Quality Worked Examples12 Selecting a Satellite13 Economic System Optimization Access Methods Modulation Techniques Compression Techniques Encryption Echo and Delay14 Encryption One-Way Functions Modulo Arithmetic Example of Encryption and Decryption Scrambling15 Operational Systems16 The Economics of Satellite Communications Satellite Prices System Prices System Income and Profit User Profit17 Future TrendsFurther ReadingAppendix Manufacturers and OwnersIndex
- No. of pages: 176
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 3, 2017
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483140704
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