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245 0 0 _aSuccess stories in satellite systems
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by D.K. Sachdev.
260 _aReston, Va. :
_bAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
_cc2009.
300 _axv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. ports.
490 1 _aLibrary of flight
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aArtificial satellites
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aSachdev, D. K.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aLibrary of flight.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10516650
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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