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1 online resource. Fully updated edition of the comprehensive, single-source reference on satellite technology and its applications Covering both the technology and its applications, Satellite Technology is a concise reference on satellites for commercial, scientific and military purposes. The book explains satellite technology fully, beginning by offering an introduction to the fundamentals, before covering orbits and trajectories, launch and in-orbit operations, hardware, communication techniques, multiple access techniques, and link design fundamentals. This new edition also incl. Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications; Contents; Preface; Part I: Satellite Technology; 1 Introduction to Satellites and their Applications; 1.1 Ever-expanding Application Spectrum; 1.2 What is a Satellite?; 1.3 History of the Evolution of Satellites; 1.3.1 Era of Hot Air Balloons and Sounding Rockets; 1.3.2 Launch of Early Artificial Satellites; 1.3.3 Satellites for Communications, Meteorology and Scientific Exploration -- Early Developments; 1.3.4 Non-geosynchronous Communication Satellites: Telstar and Relay Programmes; 1.3.5 Emergence of Geosynchronous Communication Satellites. 1.3.6 International Communication Satellite Systems1.3.7 Domestic Communication Satellite Systems; 1.3.8 Satellites for other Applications also made Rapid Progress; 1.3.9 Small or Miniature Satellites; 1.4 Evolution of Launch Vehicles; 1.5 Future Trends; 1.5.1 Communication Satellites; 1.5.2 Weather Forecasting Satellites; 1.5.3 Earth Observation Satellites; 1.5.4 Navigational Satellites; 1.5.5 Military Satellites; Further Reading; Glossary; 2 Satellite Orbits and Trajectories; 2.1 Definition of an Orbit and a Trajectory; 2.2 Orbiting Satellites -- Basic Principles. 2.2.1 Newton's Law of Gravitation2.2.2 Newton's Second Law of Motion; 2.2.3 Kepler's Laws; 2.3 Orbital Parameters; 2.4 Injection Velocity and Resulting Satellite Trajectories; 2.5 Types of Satellite Orbits; 2.5.1 Orientation of the Orbital Plane; 2.5.2 Eccentricity of the Orbit; 2.5.3 Distance from Earth; 2.5.4 Sun-synchronous Orbit; Further Readings; Glossary; 3 Satellite Launch and In-orbit Operations; 3.1 Acquiring the Desired Orbit; 3.1.1 Parameters Defining the Satellite Orbit; 3.1.2 Modifying the Orbital Parameters; 3.2 Launch Sequence; 3.2.1 Types of Launch Sequence. 3.3 Launch Vehicles3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Classification; 3.3.3 Anatomy of a Launch Vehicle; 3.3.4 Principal Parameters; 3.3.5 Major Launch Vehicles; 3.4 Space Centres; 3.4.1 Location Considerations; 3.4.2 Constituent Parts of a Space Centre; 3.4.3 Major Space Centres; 3.5 Orbital Perturbations; 3.6 Satellite Stabilization; 3.6.1 Spin Stabilization; 3.6.2 Three-axis or Body Stabilization; 3.6.3 Comparison between Spin-stabilized and Three-axis Stabilized Satellites; 3.6.4 Station Keeping; 3.7 Orbital Effects on Satellite's Performance; 3.7.1 Doppler Shift. 3.7.2 Variation in the Orbital Distance3.7.3 Solar Eclipse; 3.7.4 Sun Transit Outrage; 3.8 Eclipses; 3.9 Look Angles of a Satellite; 3.9.1 Azimuth Angle; 3.9.2 Elevation Angle; 3.9.3 Computing the Slant Range; 3.9.4 Computing the Line-of-Sight Distance between Two Satellites; 3.10 Earth Coverage and Ground Tracks; 3.10.1 Satellite Altitude and the Earth Coverage Area; 3.10.2 Satellite Ground Tracks; 3.10.3 Orbit Inclination and Latitude Coverage; Further Readings; Glossary; 4 Satellite Hardware; 4.1 Satellite Subsystems; 4.2 Mechanical Structure; 4.2.1 Design Considerations. Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agrawal. Includes bibliographical references and index. Artificial satellites Scientific satellites Artificial satellites Electrical engineering Engineering Scientific satellites TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Engineering (General) Artificial satellites Scientific satellites TL796 629.46 Maini, Anil Kumar. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014] Third edition. (DLC) 2014000609 9781118636374 1118636376 9781118636411 1118636414 9781118636459 1118636457 1118636473 9781118636473 2014001139 EB00626677 Recorded Books CL0500000567 Safari Books Online http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118636459 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118636459 DLC 140113 20171031133820.0 ocn868150896 eng