Roger Cochetti

Mobile Satellite 2e

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With a Preface by noted satellite scientist Dr. Ahmad Ghais, the Second Edition reflects the expanded user base for this technology by updating information on historic, current, and planned commercial and military satellite systems and by expanding sections that explain the technology for non-technical professionals.

The book begins with an introduction to satellite communications and goes on to provide an overview of the technologies involved in mobile satellite communications, providing basic introductions to RF Issues, power Issues, link issues and system issues. It describes early commercial mobile satellite communications systems, such as Marisat and Marecs and their military counterparts.

The book then discusses the full range of Inmarsat and other current and planned geostationary, low earth orbiting and hybrid mobile satellite systems from over a dozen countries and companies. It is an essential guide for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of this industry and military tool.

- Revised edition will serve both technical and non-technical professionals who rely every day on mobile satellite communications

- Describes and explains historic, current, and planned civil, commercial, and military mobile satellite communication systems.

- First Edition charts and tables updated and expanded with current material for today's mobile satellite technology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118357020
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781118357026
• ISBN-10: 1118357027
• Artikelnr.: 40450377

Autorenporträt

Roger Cochetti has been an executive in the technology sector for over thirty years, including COMSAT Mobile Communications, IBM, VeriSign and other technology businesses. He has served as a Member of the United Sates Department of State Advisory Committee on Information and Communications Policy during both the Bush and Obama administrations. Cochetti is the author of The Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook; John Wiley & Sons/Quantum; 1998 and of numerous published white papers and monographs on technology matters. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, a Master's from JohnsHopkinsUniversity and has been listed among Who's Who in America for over a decade.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix Preface xi Biography xiii 1 Introduction to Satellite Communications 1 1.1 A Brief History of Satellite Communications
1 1.1.1 Origins of Communications Satellite Technology
1 1.1.2 Origins of the Communications Satellite Legal Structure--International
6 1.1.3 Origins of the US Communications Satellite Legal Structure--Domestic
10 1.1.4 The Merger of Domestic and International Communication Satellite Legal Structures
12 1.1.5 NASA and Civil Communications Satellites
12 1.2 Current Major Communications Satellite Systems
13 1.2.1 Military Communications Satellites
14 1.2.2 Civil Communications Satellites
14 1.2.3 Commercial Satellites
16 2 Overview of the Technology 22 2.1 Introduction
22 2.2 Radio Frequencies
24 2.3 Orbits
31 2.3.1 Low Earth Orbiting Communications Satellites
31 2.3.2 Geostationary and Geosynchronous Communications Satellites
34 2.3.3 Intermediate Circular
Medium Earth
and Elliptical Orbiting Communications Satellites
37 2.4 Satellites and Earth Stations
39 2.4.1 Basic Components of Communications Satellites
39 2.4.2 Basic Elements in Satellite Ground Earth Stations
42 2.5 Channels
Link Analysis
and Networks
44 2.5.1 Channels
44 2.5.2 Link Analysis
46 2.5.3 Networks
47 3 Early Proposals for Mobile Satellite Communications 51 3.1 Military Interest in Mobile Satellite Communications
51 3.2 NASA Efforts
57 3.3 Aerosat
57 3.4 Maresat
62 4 Marisat and Marecs: Pioneering Commercial Mobile Satellite Services 65 4.1 Marisat
66 4.2 Marecs
69 5 Introduction to INMARSAT 73 5.1 Origins of the INMARSAT Organization
74 5.2 US Participation in the INMARSAT Organization
78 5.3 Structure of the INMARSAT Organization
79 5.4 Ownership of the INMARSAT Organization
82 5.5 Land Earth Stations (LESs) in INMARSAT
83 5.6 Mobile Terminals in INMARSAT
87 5.7 INMARSAT System Services
90 5.7.1 INMARSAT Maritime Safety Services
90 5.7.2 Principal Non-safety Services
91 5.8 Transformation of the INMARSAT Organization
94 5.9 ICO Global Communications
99 6 INMARSAT plc 102 6.1 Introduction to INMARSAT plc
102 6.2 INMARSAT's Satellites
106 6.2.1 Existing Satellites
106 6.2.2 Planned Satellites
108 6.3 INMARSAT's Services
109 6.3.1 Leased Services
113 6.3.2 IsatPhone Pro
114 6.3.3 Maritime Services
115 6.3.4 Land Services
116 6.3.5 Aeronautical Services
118 7 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 119 7.1 Methodology
119 7.2 Iridium
121 7.2.1 Background to Iridium
121 7.2.2 Iridium System Description
125 7.2.3 Iridium Bankruptcy
126 7.2.4 Iridium's Reentry
128 7.3 Globalstar
130 7.3.1 Globalstar Bankruptcy
134 7.3.2 Globalstar's Reentry
136 7.3.3 Globalstar's System and Services
141 7.4 ORBCOMM
143 7.4.1 History of "Little Leo" Technology
143 7.4.2 Orbital Sciences' Efforts to Commercialize Little Leos
145 7.4.3 Frequency Issues
147 7.4.4 The Initial ORBCOMM Business
149 7.4.5 The New ORBCOMM Business
151 7.4.6 The ORBCOMM Communications System
152 8 Non-Inmarsat Geostationary Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 157 8.1 OmniTRACS
157 8.2 Thuraya
160 8.3 Mobile Satellite Communications Services from Intelsat
164 9 Other Important Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 170 9.1 O3b
170 9.2 SES
173 9.3 LightSquared
175 9.4 TerreStar
179 9.5 Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS)
181 9.6 Mexsat
182 9.7 Google
183 10 Military Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 184 10.1 1980s-1990s History
185 10.2 US Military Mobile Satellite Communications Post 9/11
186 Appendix I US Communications Satellite Timeline 1940s Through 1990s 190 Appendix II Background Statements by the International Telecommunications Union on Mobile Satellite Communications Frequency Assignments 1996
1997
and 2000 197 Appendix III Public Services Agreement Between the International Mobile Satellite Organization and INMARSAT 215 Appendix IV Mobile Satellite Communications Excerpts From U.S. Federal Communications Commission Report on U.S. Commercial Mobile Services 232 Index 245