02602nam a2200337 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020001800127020002700145040002100172035002100193050002300214082001700237245009100254260007900345300008500424490002200509504005100531505128000582533015201862650003602014655002902050700001902079710001702098830002302115856012602138ebr10516650CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090107s2009    vauabcf sb    001 0 eng d  z  2008055024  z1563479664  z9781563479663  z9781563479687 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)76513602314aTL796b.S83 2009eb04a629.43/422200aSuccess stories in satellite systemsh[electronic resource] /cedited by D.K. Sachdev.  aReston, Va. :bAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,cc2009.  axv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates :bill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. ports.1 aLibrary of flight  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aArtificial satellitesxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aSachdev, D. K.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aLibrary of flight.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516650zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view