02633nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10516650 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090107s2009 vauabcf sb 001 0 eng d 2008055024 1563479664 9781563479663 9781563479687 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)765136023 TL796 .S83 2009eb 629.43/4 22 Success stories in satellite systems [electronic resource] / edited by D.K. Sachdev. Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2009. xv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. ports. Library of flight Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Artificial satellites History. Electronic books. local Sachdev, D. K. ebrary, Inc. Library of flight. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516650 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 121183 121183