Communications satellites:global change agents

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Oslund Robert J.; Marshall Peter; (Peter P.); Pelton Joseph N.
Published: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Publisher Address: Mahwah, N.J.
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Telecommunications
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Carrier Form: xix, 387 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0805849629 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0805849610 (alk. paper)
Index Number: TN927
CLC: TN927
Call Number: TN927/C734
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Satellites as worldwide change agents / Joseph N. Pelton -- Satellite technology : the evolution of satellite systems and fixed satellite services / Louis Ippolito and Joseph N. Pelton -- The "new" satellite services : broadcast, mobile, and broadband Internet satellite systems / D.K. Sachdev and Dan Swearingen -- Launch vehicles and their role / Eric J. Novotny -- The geopolitics and institutions of satellite communications ; Regulating communications satellite on the way to globalism ; Dual use challenge and response : commercial and military use of space communications / Robert J. Oslund -- Satellites, Internet, and IP networking / Indu B. Singh and Robinder N. Sachdev -- Benefits of satellite telecommunications / Norman C. Lerner -- The world of satellite TV : news, the Olympics, and global entertainment / Peter Marshall and Robert N. Wold -- New opportunities and threats for 21st-century life ; Satellites and the promise of teleeducation and telehealth / Joseph N. Pelton -- Satellites and global diversity / Hamid Mowlana -- The future of satellite communications systems / Joseph N. Pelton, Takashi Iida, and Naoto Kadowaki -- Trends for the future : telepower opportunities and teleshock concerns / Joseph N. Pelton and Robert J. Oslund.