03125nam 2200565 a 450 991096872260332120251117094616.01-56347-967-21-56347-968-0(CKB)2550000000072699(EBL)3111546(OCoLC)922978796(SSID)ssj0000552133(PQKBManifestationID)12178019(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552133(PQKBWorkID)10537982(PQKB)11490386(MiAaPQ)EBC3111546(Au-PeEL)EBL3111546(CaPaEBR)ebr10516650(BIP)26564994(EXLCZ)99255000000007269920090107d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSuccess stories in satellite systems /edited by D.K. Sachdev1st ed.Reston, Va. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauticsc20091 online resource (449 p.)Library of flightDescription based upon print version of record.1-56347-966-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Overview / D.K. Sachdev -- Syncom : world's first geostationary satellite / Harold A. Rosen -- Intelsat / Conny Kullman -- Telesat : the first domestic satellite system / Harry Kowalik -- INMARSAT : a success story / Ahmad F. Ghais -- Thuraya mobile satellite system / Ali Saeed Al Mazrooei and Adrian J. Morris -- EUTELSAT : an impressive success / Giuliano Berretta -- The mouse that roared : via LuxSat and GDL, how SES built ASTRA into the world's preeminent satellite operator / Yves Feltes -- The success story of JSAT / Yutaka Nagai with Taketo Furuhata ... [et al.] -- INSAT initiates communication revolution / U.R. Rao and A. Bhaskaranarayana -- The DBS dimension : how U.S. DBS success was achieved / Jimmy Schaeffler and Lloyd Covens -- Global Positioning System : origins, early concepts, development, and design success / Keith D. McDonald -- XM satellite radio--the first ten years : a trifecta of technology, product, and market / John F. Dealy -- INTELSAT VI (F-3) reboost mission : an epochal event in the history of the commercial space industry / Leonard R. Dest -- Earth stations : from very big to very small / Mark Dankberg -- DARPA's space history / Owen Brown, Fred Kennedy, and Wade Pulliam -- Potential success stories in the future / D.K. Sachdev.Presenting firsthand histories, case studies, and lessons learned from many of the pioneers who built the satellite industry, this book contains historically important photographs that help to illuminate the stories.Library of flight.Artificial satellitesHistoryArtificial satellitesHistory.629.43/4Sachdev D. K930098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968722603321Success stories in satellite systems4467950UNINA