Success stories in satellite systems / / edited by D.K. Sachdev
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| Titolo: |
Success stories in satellite systems / / edited by D.K. Sachdev
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| Pubblicazione: | Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 629.43/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Artificial satellites - History |
| Altri autori: |
SachdevD. K
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Success stories in satellite systems |
| ISBN: | 1-56347-967-2 |
| 1-56347-968-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910968722603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Library of flight.