Communications Satellites: Global Change Agents
By Joseph N. Pelton; Robert J. Oslund et al. | Go to book overview
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Book title: Communications Satellites: Global Change Agents.
Contributors: Joseph N. Pelton - Editor, Robert J. Oslund - Editor, Peter Marshall - Editor.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ.
Publication year: 2004.
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Table of contents
- Title Page *
- Contents v
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- References xix
- Dedication xxi
- Part One - Introduction *
- Chapter One - Satellites as Worldwide Change Agents 3
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Part Two - Technology *
- Chapter Two - Satellite Technology: the Evolution of Satellite Systems and Fixed Satellite Services 33
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Chapter Three - The “new” Satellite Services: Brodcast, Mobile, and Broadband Intrenet Satellite Systems 55
- Background Readings *
- Chapter Four - Launch Vehicles and Their Role 83
- References *
- Further Readings on Launch Vehicles 108
- Part Three - History and Politics *
- Chapter Five - The Geopolitics and Institutions of Satellite Communications 111
- References *
- Chapter Six - Regulating Communications Satellites on the Way to Globalism 147
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- Chapter Seven - Dual Use Challenge and Response: Commercial and Military Uses of Space Communications 175
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- Part Four - Business, Media, and Economics *
- Chapter Eight - Satellites, Internet, and Ip Networking 199
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Chapter Nine - Benefits of Satellite Telecommunications 219
- Background Readings 242
- Chapter Ten - The World of Satellite Tv: News, the Olympics, and Global Entertainment 243
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Part Five - Impact on Society *
- Chapter Eleven - New Opportunities and Threats for 21st-Century Life 265
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Chapter Twelve - Satellites and the Promise of Teleeducation and Telehealth 281
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Chapter Thirteen - Satellites and Global Diversity 299
- References 313
- Part Six - Future Trends *
- Chapter Fourteen - The Future of Satellite Communications Systems 317
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Part Seven - Synthesis and Conclusions *
- Chapter Fifteen - Trends for the Future: Telepower Opportunities and Teleshock Concerns 341
- References *
- Background Readings *
- Glossary 359
- Biographies of the Authors 363
- Author Index 371
- Subject Index 375
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