IEE Telecommunications Series, Issue 18Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1987 |
Contents
Introduction B G Evans | 1 |
Overview of satellite communications A K Jefferis and P Conway | 15 |
Satellite communications organisations P Thompson | 24 |
Copyright | |
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achieved aperture attenuation bandwidth baseband beam binary broadcasting burst C/No carrier CCIR channel convolutional codes coverage data rate dB-Hz decoder demodulator detection diameter division multiple access downlink earth station antennas earth-station effects EIRP elevation angle equipment error European EUTELSAT FDMA feedhorn filter frequency bands FSK signal gain geostationary orbit Government/Official increase INMARSAT input INTELSAT interference intermodulation launch link budget Maritime mobile modulation multiple access noise temperature operation organisations output payload performance phase polarisation power amplifier programme propagation QPSK radio reflector SATCOM satellite communications satellite service satellite system SCPC shown in Fig sidelobe signal element SKYNET solar space spacecraft spectrum STATSIONAR switching synchronisation TDMA techniques telecommunications Telecoms DBS-TV Telecoms TV-dist Telecoms USA terminals terrestrial tolerance to noise traffic transmission transmitted transponder typical uplink USASAT users USSR waveform