Communications satellites:global change agents
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Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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Published: |
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
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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. |