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  title info:
    title: Communications satellites
    sub title: the technology of space communications
  name:
    name part: Blonstein, Larry
    name part: 1927-1986
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1987
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 162 pages) : illustrations
  table of contents: Front Cover; Communications Satellites: The Technology of Space Communications; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; List of photographs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Getting a crate into orbit; Chapter 2. The geosynchronous orbit; Chapter 3. From low orbit to geosynchronous altitude; Chapter 4. Disturbances in orbit; Chapter 5. Turning a crate into a satellite; Staying in one place-station-keeping; Lining up to the Earth-'pointing'; Electrical power; Thermal control; Nearly a working satellite; Chapter 6. On-board communications equipment; Transponders.
  table of contents: AntennasThe complete satellite; Chapter 7. Logarithms and decibels; Chapter 8. Radio frequencies and wavelengths, and their allocations; Fixed services; Broadcast services; Mobile services; Chapter 9. Coverage, gain and EIRP; Chapter 10. Earth stations; Types, construction and sizes; Performance; Up-link transmission; Pointing an Earth station; Chapter 11. Traffic capacity and quality; Quality; EIRP and G/T; Space loss; Boltzmann's constant; Capacity; Other losses; Estimating traffic capacity and quality; Chapter 12. Selecting a satellite; Chapter 13. Economic system optimisation.
  table of contents: Access methodsModulation techniques; Compression techniques; Encryption; Echo and delay; Chapter 14. Encryption; One-way functions; Modulo arithmetic; Example of encryption and decryption; Scrambling; Chapter 15. Operational systems; Chapter 16. The economics of satellite communications; Satellite prices; System prices; System income and profit; User profit; Chapter 17. Future trends; Satellite size; Sun-pointing satellites; Solar arrays; Batteries; Transponder efficiency; Antennas; Satellite switching; Operating frequencies; Low noise amplifiers; Modulation and compression techniques.
  table of contents: Fibre opticsEconomics; Further reading; Appendix: Manufacturers and owners; Index.
  note: Larry Blonstein.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (page 151) and index.
  note: English.
  subject:
    topic: Artificial satellites in telecommunication
  subject:
    topic: Satellites artificiels dans les télécommunications
  subject:
    topic: communications satellites
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Mechanical
  subject:
    topic: Artificial satellites in telecommunication
  classification: TK5104 .B56 1987eb
  classification: 621.38/0422
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Communications satellites
    name:
      name part: Blonstein, Larry, 1927-1986.
    identifier: (DLC) 87160391
    identifier: (OCoLC)18497582
  identifier: 9781483140704
  identifier: 1483140709
  identifier: 0434901539
  identifier: 9780434901531
  identifier: 87160391
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  record info:
    record content source: OPELS
    record creation date: 140627
    record change date: 20260326205119.2
    record identifier: in00005754871
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng