Principles of Communications Satellites

by Gary D. Gordon, Walter L. Morgan

Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent tocommunications satellites. The first half deals with link powerbudgets as well as communications hardware and examples of completelink budgets. Spacecraft technology and a description of theobjectives and basic operating methods of each of the majorsupporting subsystems are covered in the last half. Containsend-of-chapter exercises and solutions.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all theproblems in the book is available from the Wiley editorialdepartment.

568 pages, Hardcover

First published July 22, 1993

Reviews

[Louis]

USC-60A is not going to work on its own, and we will probably get sent somewhere with something else anyway. Principles stay the same though.