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Satellite technology has emerged tremendously over the last 50 years since Arthur C. Clarke first invented it. Today, satellite technology is all around us and has become a very useful, everyday application of modern telecommunications. Satellite systems can provide a variety of services including broadband communication systems, satellite-based video, audio, internet and data distribution networks, as well as worldwide customer service and support.

This page provides background information, tutorial material and links to a variety of satellite information / service / hardware providers. Browse these links to find out more about out-of-this world satellite technology!

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Background and Tutorial Information

Nasa's Satellite Communications -- a Short Course -- aimed at high school students, this provides a great introductory tutorial
Nasa's History of Satellite Communications -- By NASA's historian, a brief chronology from the 1940s to 1990
A NASA Communications Satellite History Menu
General Satellite Information -- lots of links!
Satellite Communications, by David Hart, Ohio State. This 2000 paper gives an overview of methods of and uses for satellite communications, in addition to presenting recent trends and future directions in the field.
DESIGN PUBLISHERS Inc. Timeline of Satellite Communications Milestones, 1945 - 1997
Brian McIntosh's Introduction to Satellite Communications -- comprehensive site with tutorials, advanced information, history, and more.
SatelliteDish.com's Home Page -- with Great Theory and Background Info!

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Books on Satellite Communications

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Buy This Book	*Satellite Communications, by Dennis Roddy. Hardcover: 626 pages 4th edition (January 20, 2006). Highly regarded and recently updated, expanded to cover Global wireless services, Antenna Options, and Error Coding. Click title for price.*	Buy This Book	*Satellite Communications* , by Timothy Pratt et al. Hardcover, 2nd edition - 560 pages (October 25, 2002). Includes chapters on orbital mechanics, spacecraft construction, satellite-path radiowave propagation, modulation techniques, multiple access, and a detailed analysis of the communications link. Click title for price
Buy This Book	*Satellite Communications Fundamentals, by Jules E. Kadish & Thomas W.R. East. Hardcover - Artech House - 510 pages (October 1, 2000). Click title for price.*	Buy This Book	*Direct Broadcast Satellite Communications: MPEG Enabled Service, by Donald C. Mead. Hardcover - 320 pages 1 edition (March 1, 1999). Click title for price.*
Buy This Book	*Satellite Communications for the Nonspecialist, by Mark R. Chartrand. Hardcover - 456 pages (April 2004). This book offers a comprehensive introduction to satellite communications covering regulatory, standards, economics, business, operational, and technical subjects. Click title for price.*	Buy This Book	*Principles of Communications Satellites, by Gary D. Gordon, Walter L. Morgan (Contributor). Hardcover - 568 pages 1 edition (July 22, 1993). Click title for price.*
Buy This Book	*Low Earth Orbital Satellites for Personal Communication Networks (Artech House Mobile Communications Library), by Abbas Jamalipour. Hardcover - 273 pages (December 1997). Our Price: Click title for price.*	Buy This Book	*Satellite Systems for Personal and Broadband Communications, by Erich Lutz, Markus Werner, Axel Jahn. Hardcover - 433 pages (August 2000). Our Price: Click for Price*
Buy This Book	*Wireless Communications in Developing Countries : Cellular and Satellite Systems (Artech House Mobile Communications Series), by Rachel Schwartz. Hardcover - 352 pages (July 1996). Click title for price.*	Buy This Book	*Satellite Communications Systems : Systems, Techniques and Technology (Wiley Series in Communication and Distributed Systems), by Gerard Maral, Michel Bousquet. Paperback - 756 pages 3rd edition (June 1998). Click title for price.*

There are lots of other titles -- follow the link below and search on " satellite communications" or "satellite technology" for more!

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Other Satellite-Related Links

Intelsat's Satellite Technical Resources — includes ephemeris data, Keplerian data, and sun data affecting satellites and their orbits. You have to use the resources tab at the top of the page to get this information.
BROADBAND NEWS: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, by Encyberpedia Information Services. Great collection of links.
INMARSAT, INMARSAT is a cooperative formed by 79 governments and the private and public telephone companies of the respective countries, who market the Inmarsat space segment.
Wiley's International Journal of Satellite Communications — Subscription service, but abstracts are available free!
DirectDuo's Home Page — Get DBS TV and the Internet!
SES-Americom — Satellite network provider -- "our satellite fleet is one of the newest and most advanced in orbit today."
Spidersat Communications: — an innovative provider of Global Satellite Communications Systems including VSAT, Satellite telephones and mobile satellite internet modems.
Hughes Network Systems — DirectPC and DirectDuo Internet and DSS Systems!
Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems, Australia
Boeing Satellite Systems — In October 2000, The Boeing Company acquired three units within Hughes Electronics Corporation: Hughes Space and Communications Company, Hughes Electron Dynamics, and Spectrolab, Inc., in addition to Hughes Electronics' interest in HRL, the company's primary research laboratory. The four are now part of Boeing's newest subsidiary, Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. which is now the world's largest satellite systems provider.
The Society of Satellite Professionals International
Global Communications Solutions, Inc. — a supplier of satellite, wireless and terrestrial products and turnkey systems to U.S. and International, military, government and commercial enterprises

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