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