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020 _a0160490545 (hbk.):
_c31.00 US
100 1 _aBUTRICA Andrew J (ed.)
245 0 _aBeyond the ionosphere:
_bfifty years of satetlite communication
260 _aWashington DC:
_bNASA,
_c1997
300 _a321p.
440 _aThe NASA history series NASA SP-4217
520 3 _aA 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.
650 _aSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
650 _aTELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
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_sY
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_d42440