Beyond the ionosphere: fifty years of satetlite communication

BUTRICA Andrew J (ed.)

Beyond the ionosphere: fifty years of satetlite communication - Washington DC: NASA, 1997 - 321p. - The NASA history series NASA SP-4217 .

A collection of papers providing a world wide perspective on the evolution of satellite communication systems. The coverage goes from the early concepts (including references to Arthur C Clarke's 1945 paper on Extra terrestrial relays which proposed geostationary satellites) to the Iridium system of the late 1990's.

0160490545 (hbk.): 31.00 US


SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS