Communication satellite systems technology : a collection of technical papers drawn mainly from the AIAA Communications Satellite Systems Conference, May 2-4, 1966, subsequently revised for this volume / edited by Richard B. Marsten.

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Corporate Authors: AIAA Communications Satellite Systems Conference Washington, D.C., American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Other Authors: Marsten, Richard Barry, 1925-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Academic Press, 1966.
Series:Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 19.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • The Communications Committee, 1965 and 1966
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Prologue: An Historical Prophecy
  • Extra-Terrestrial Relays
  • I. Commercial Point-to-Point Systems
  • Early Bird Placement in a Stationary Orbit: Launch and Control System Maneuvers
  • Early Bird I Communications Parameters
  • Experimental Performance of the Early Bird Communication System
  • Results of User Reaction Tests on Communication via Early Bird Satellite
  • Subjective Evaluation of Telephone Communications via Early Bird Satellite and Cable Circuits
  • II. Military Satellite Communication SystemsExperience of the Defense Communications Agency in Operating Pilot Satellite Communications
  • Communications via Several Satellites Using the Lincoln Experimental Terminal
  • Optimization of Network Configurations in a Hybrid Satellite and Ground Communication System
  • Synchronization of a Jam-Resistant Mobile Small-Terminal Satellite Communications System
  • Decentralized Control for an Advanced Communication Satellite System
  • Fading and Multipath Considerations in Aircraft/Satellite Communications Systems
  • A Multiple-Access World-Wide Satellite Communication System for Aircraft TerminalsAdaptive Digital Satellite Transmission Ground Terminal Design Considerations
  • An Adaptive Twelve-Channel Multiplexer
  • Cost Effectiveness Comparison of Defense Communications Satellite Systems
  • III. Satellite Support Subsystems and Components
  • Launch Vehicles as Support Subsystems for Communications Satellites
  • Synchronous Satellite Station-Keeping
  • Gravity Gradient Stabilization of Communication Satellite Systems
  • Stabilite â€? A Three-Axis Attitude Control System Utilizing a Single Reaction WheelA Wide-Band Solid-State I.F. Repeater for Communications Satellites
  • Advances in Traveling-Wave Tubes for Spacecraft Communications Systems
  • An Electronically Despun Switched Antenna
  • Ground-Based Antennas for Satellite Communications
  • Gain Limits of Electronically Despun Antennas for Communication Satellites
  • IV. High-Power Systems
  • Nuclear Power Systems for Advanced High-Powered Communications Satellites
  • High-Powered Traveling-Wave Tubes for Space Transmitters
  • A Direct-to-Home TV Satellite System for 1970Self-Steering Arrays for Satellite Applications
  • Earth Stations for Reception of Television Signals from a Stationary Satellite
  • Required and Attainable Interference Ratios in Space Telecasting
  • V. Systems Concepts: Present and Future
  • Parametric Tradeoff Analysis for Comsat System Design
  • Multiple-Access Modulation Techniques
  • A Communication Satellite System for Many Users
  • Use of Frequency-Time Coded Pulsed Signals in Satellite Communications Systems
  • TV Network Satellite Systems