LEADER 02865nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910781406503321 005 20230721020457.0 010 $a1-56347-967-2 010 $a1-56347-968-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072699 035 $a(EBL)3111546 035 $a(OCoLC)922978796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12178019 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10537982 035 $a(PQKB)11490386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3111546 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3111546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516650 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072699 100 $a20090107d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSuccess stories in satellite systems$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by D.K. Sachdev 210 $aReston, Va. $cAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 225 1 $aLibrary of flight 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56347-966-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOverview / D.K. Sachdev -- Syncom : world's first geostationary satellite / Harold A. Rosen -- Intelsat / Conny Kullman -- Telesat : the first domestic satellite system / Harry Kowalik -- INMARSAT : a success story / Ahmad F. Ghais -- Thuraya mobile satellite system / Ali Saeed Al Mazrooei and Adrian J. Morris -- EUTELSAT : an impressive success / Giuliano Berretta -- The mouse that roared : via LuxSat and GDL, how SES built ASTRA into the world's preeminent satellite operator / Yves Feltes -- The success story of JSAT / Yutaka Nagai with Taketo Furuhata ... [et al.] -- INSAT initiates communication revolution / U.R. Rao and A. Bhaskaranarayana -- The DBS dimension : how U.S. DBS success was achieved / Jimmy Schaeffler and Lloyd Covens -- Global Positioning System : origins, early concepts, development, and design success / Keith D. McDonald -- XM satellite radio--the first ten years : a trifecta of technology, product, and market / John F. Dealy -- INTELSAT VI (F-3) reboost mission : an epochal event in the history of the commercial space industry / Leonard R. Dest -- Earth stations : from very big to very small / Mark Dankberg -- DARPA's space history / Owen Brown, Fred Kennedy, and Wade Pulliam -- Potential success stories in the future / D.K. Sachdev. 410 0$aLibrary of flight. 606 $aArtificial satellites$xHistory 615 0$aArtificial satellites$xHistory. 676 $a629.43/4 701 $aSachdev$b D. K$0930098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781406503321 996 $aSuccess stories in satellite systems$93748509 997 $aUNINA