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Success stories in satellite systems / edited by D.K. Sachdev.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of flight.
- Library of flight
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artificial satellites--History.
- Artificial satellites.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-56347-967-2
- 1-56347-968-0
- OCLC:
- 922978796
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