Over the past 40 years, satellites have played a key role in creating a global culture, in spreading worldwide entertainment, stimulating technological interchange, and promoting trade around the world. Satellite-distributed news reaches the world ""live from space"" and allows more than 200 countries to interact in real time. Especially in today's complex and dangerous international climate the role of satellite communications is more important than ever. Thus, the idea was to write a book with enough breadth to be of interest in several different disciplines, but in sufficient technical depth that it could be used in beginning engineering courses as well. Intended to be the definitive book on satellite communications, the editors and contributors examine satellite communications in terms of not only the technology and the services they provide but also the technology's socio-political, security, economic, policy, news, entertainment, and cultural impact. They provide an entertaining, thought-provoking, and interesting book that explains how satellites are extremely powerful change agents on a global scale. As such, this book addresses what satellites have been, how they are designed and built, how they will evolve in the future, what they mean to the world today, and what they will mean tomorrow.
By:
Joseph N. Pelton Jr.,
Robert J. Oslund,
Peter Marshall
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9780805849622
ISBN 10: 0805849629
Series: LEA Telecommunications Series
Pages: 412
Publication Date: 15 June 2004
Audience:
General/trade
,
Professional and scholarly
,
College/higher education
,
ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction.J.N. Pelton, Satellites as Worldwide Change Agents. Part II: Technology.L. Ippolito, J.N. Pelton, Satellite Technology: The Evolution of Satellite Systems and Fixed Satellite Services. D.K. Sachdev, D.W. Swearingen, The ""New"" Satellite Services: Broadcast, Mobile, and Broadband Internet Satellite Systems. E.J. Novotny, Launch Vehicles and Their Role. Part III: History and Politics.R.J. Oslund, The Geopolitics and Institutions of Satellite Communications. R.J. Oslund, Regulating Communications Satellites on the Way to Globalism. R.J. Oslund, Dual Use Challenge and Response: Commercial and Military Uses of Space Communications. Part IV: Business, Media, and Economics.I.B. Singh, R.N. Sachdev, Satellites, Internet, and IP Networking. N.C. Lerner, Benefits of Satellite Telecommunications. P. Marshall, R.N. Wold, The World of Satellite TV: News, the Olympics, and Global Entertainment. Part V: Impact on Society.J.N. Pelton, New Opportunities and Threats for 21st-Century Life. J.N. Pelton, Satellites and the Promise of Teleeducation and Telehealth. H. Mowlana, Satellites and Global Diversity. Part VI: Future Trends.J.N. Pelton, T. Iida, N. Kadowaki, The Future of Satellite Communications Systems. Part VII: Synthesis and Conclusions.J.N. Pelton, R.J. Oslund, Trends for the Future: Telepower Opportunities and Teleshock Concerns.
Joseph N. Pelton, Robert J. Oslund, Peter Marshall
