Satellites International

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
A User-Friendly Introduction to Satellites....Pages 1-3
Trends in Satellite Communications....Pages 5-18
The Basics of Satellite Technology....Pages 19-24
Intelsat: The Tomorrow Organization....Pages 25-27
Inmarsat on the Move....Pages 29-30
The European Telecommunications Satellite Organization....Pages 31-31
The International Telecommunication Union and Space Communications....Pages 33-37
Earth Station Antennas....Pages 39-47
The Economics of Satellite Communications....Pages 49-55
Public Policy Issues in Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing....Pages 57-60
The Itu and Satellite Communications....Pages 61-69
Satellite Communications and Development....Pages 71-77
Future Regional Satellite Systems: The Case of the Caribbean....Pages 79-83
Communications Satellite Services....Pages 85-85
Video and Audio Conferencing Networks....Pages 87-89
Telecommunications Satellites and the Press Today....Pages 91-93
Satellites and Television Broadcasting....Pages 95-98
The ‘Other’ Applications Satellites....Pages 99-104
Satellites For the Twenty-First Century....Pages 105-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Satellite Manufacturers and Systems....Pages 111-116
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Main Launch Vehicles....Pages 117-117
Global Satellite Systems....Pages 119-133
Regional Satellite Systems....Pages 135-137
Applications Satellites....Pages 139-141
International Organizations A-Z....Pages 143-144
Back Matter....Pages 145-265