The intelsat global satellite system

Alper, Joel; Pelton, Joseph N.

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“…Operations between the US and Europe began on June 28, 1965, a date that many recognize as the birth date of commercial satellite communications. EARLYBIRD remained in service until August 1969, when the later generation INTELSAT III satellites replaced it [9].…”

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Introduction to Satellite Communications

Cochetti¹

2014

Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook

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Introduction to Satellite CommunicationsA communications satellite is an orbiting artificial earth satellite that receives a communications signal from a transmitting ground station, amplifies and possibly processes it, then transmits it back to the earth for reception by one or more receiving ground stations. Communications information neither originates nor terminates at the satellite itself. The satellite is an active transmission relay, similar in function to relay towers used in terrestrial microwave communications.The commercial satellite communications industry has its beginnings in the mid-1960s, and in less than 50 years has progressed from an alternative exotic technology to a mainstream transmission technology, which is pervasive in all elements of the global telecommunications infrastructure. Today's communications satellites offer extensive capabilities in applications involving data, voice, and video, with services provided to fixed, broadcast, mobile, personal communications, and private networks users.Satellite communications are now an accepted fact of everyday life, as evidenced by the antennas or 'dishes' that dot city and country horizons, or the nearly instantaneous global news coverage that is taken for granted, particularly in times of international crises.The communications satellite is a critical element in the overall telecommunications infrastructure, as represented by Figure 1.1, which highlights, by the shaded area, the communications satellite component as related to the transmission of information. Electronic information in the form of voice, data, video, imaging, etc., is generated in a user environment on or near the earth's surface. The information's first node is often a terrestrial interface, which then directs the information to a satellite uplink, which generates an RF (radio frequency) radiowave that propagates through the air link to an orbiting satellite (or satellites). The information bearing radiowave is amplified and possibly processed at the satellite, then reformatted and transmitted back to a receiving ground station through a second RF radiowave propagating through the air link. Mobile users, indicated by the vehicle and handheld phone on the figure, generally bypass the terrestrial interface only for direct mobile-to-mobile communications.

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Introduction to Satellite Communications

Cochetti¹

2014

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“…The classification hierarchy for Remote Sensing Mission [19][20][21][22] includes four levels, (Fig. 20).…”

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OOST: An Object Oriented Tool for Satellite Orbit Design

Salem¹,

Zaki²,

Wahdan³

2005

American J. of Applied Sciences

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Abstract:In this study the problems of satellite orbit design and simulation are tackled and an object oriented satellite tool OOST is developed. The tool with its three main modules enables the user to plan and design different satellite missions. It performs all orbital calculations needed, simulates the target orbit and performs analysis on the current active satellite(s). The simulation module of OOST has been used to provide orbit design and satellite simulation for all geocentric orbits using an interactive world map that is synchronized with simulation time. OOST uses a predefined library of orbital mechanics functions to perform the required calculations. Also it allows users to call the library in their own external programs. A satellite database, containing data from more than 900 active satellites, has been linked to OOST in order to allow comparisons of different satellites. A Data Mining technique is applied to the satellite data. The technique as such relies upon the Decision Tree. It leads to discover valuable data related to classifying satellites and defining the trends of their owners. This classification is based on classifying satellite orbits into two trends, one representing the majority of owners and the other represents special cases. These orbits have been analyzed using different simulation capabilities of the Ground Track Module. The applications that have been studied in this study are communication, remote sensing and military missions.

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History of Satellite Communications

Pelton¹

2015

Handbook of Satellite Applications

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The intelsat global satellite system

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Introduction to Satellite Communications

OOST: An Object Oriented Tool for Satellite Orbit Design

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