Principles of Communication Satellites
Gary D. Gordon
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Description for Principles of Communication Satellites
Hardcover. Presenting the fundamentals of communication satellite technology, this handbook provides detailed coverage of satellite hardware. Separate chapters describe the objectives and basic operating methods of each of the major supporting subsystems. Num Pages: 568 pages, tables. BIC Classification: TJKS; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 37. Weight in Grams: 948.
Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent tocommunications satellites. The first half deals with link powerbudgets as well as communications hardware and examples of completelink budgets. Spacecraft technology and a description of theobjectives and basic operating methods of each of the majorsupporting subsystems are covered in the last half. Containsend-of-chapter exercises and solutions.
An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all theproblems in the book is available from the Wiley editorialdepartment.
Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent tocommunications satellites. The first half deals with link powerbudgets as well as communications hardware and examples of completelink budgets. Spacecraft technology and a description of theobjectives and basic operating methods of each of the majorsupporting subsystems are covered in the last half. Containsend-of-chapter exercises and solutions.
An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all theproblems in the book is available from the Wiley editorialdepartment.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471557968
SKU
V9780471557968
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99-50
About Gary D. Gordon
Gary D. Gordon is an Aerospace Consultant in Washington Grove, MD. He received his PhD in physics from Harvard University in 1954. Dr. Gordon was 14 years at COMSAT Laboratories as Senior Staff Scientist in the Spacecraft Laboratory. He was a member of the initial Editorial Board of the COMSAT Technical Review. He has taught courses on Spacecraft Technology, Satellite ... Read more
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