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9780471297789

Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook

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    9780471297789

  • ISBN10:

    047129778X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-03-16
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

Explore the world's satellite communications technology

Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook details the various existing and planned satellite systems from around the globe. Beginning with a brief introduction to satellite communication technology, this book explains both the technical and legal structures of satellite communications in the U.S. and abroad with detailed discussion about frequencies, functions, orbits, and basic elements. From there, you'll learn about the major military, civilian, and commercial satellites including MARISAT, MARECS, INMARSAT, GEOSTAR, and more, including low-Earth systems such as AMSC, Globalstar, STARNET, ORBOCOM and others.

Author Biography

Roger Cochetti has been an executive in the technology sector for over thirty years, including COMSAT Mobile Communications, IBM, VeriSign and other technology businesses. He has served as a Member of the United Sates Department of State Advisory Committee on Information and Communications Policy during both the Bush and Obama administrations. Cochetti is the author of The Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook; John Wiley & Sons/Quantum; 1998 and of numerous published white papers and monographs on technology matters. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, a Master's from JohnsHopkinsUniversity and has been listed among Who's Who in America for over a decade.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Satellite Communications.
Early Proposals for Mobile Satellite Communications.
Marisat and Marecs: Pioneering Commercial Mobile Satellite Services.
Inmarsat.
Other Mobile Satellite Communications Systems in Service.
Planned Geostationary Mobile Satellite Systems.
Planned Low Earth Orbiting Mobile Satellite Systems for Telephone Service.
Planned Low Earth Orbiting Mobile Satellite Systems for Data Service.
Other Planned Mobile Satellite Communications Systems.
A Note on Radio Spectrum Issues.
Appendices.
Index.

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