Communications Satellite Technology.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- I: Orbit and Attitude Control -- Variation in Range, Range-Rate, Propagation Time Delay, and Doppler Shift for a Nearly Geostationary Satellite -- Active Attitude and Orbit Control of Body-Oriented Geostationary Communications Satellites -- INTELSAT IV Nutation Dynamics -- Effect of an Autotracking Antenna on the Nutational Stability of a Dual-Spin Spacecraft -- Attitude Determination for the SKYNET and NATO Synchronous Communications Satellites -- Momentum Wheel Three-Axis Attitude Control for Synchronous Communication Satellites -- II: Propulsion and Power -- Propulsion Requirements for Communications Satellites -- Survey of Auxiliary-Propulsion Systems for Communications Satellites -- Selected Comparisons among Propulsion Systems for Communications Satellites -- Power Processing Systems for Ion Thrusters -- Low Thrust Propulsion System Effects on Communication Satellites -- Results from Tests of a Large Lightweight Solar Array Unit -- III: Communications -- Polarization Isolation Characteristics of a Dual-Beam Reflector Antenna -- Measurements of Earth Station Antennas G/T Ratio by Radio Stars and Satellites -- Design of the INTELSAT IV Transponder -- A Time Division Multiple-Access System for INTELSAT -- Synchronization of Earth Stations to Satellite-Switched Sequences -- Results of German TDMA-Experiments -- Performance of a Digital Adaptive Echo Canceller in a Simulated Satellite Circuit Environment -- PSK and QPSK Modulation and Demodulation in Digital SatelHte-to-Satellite and Satellite-to-Ground Links -- Characteristics and Applications of Multibeam Spacecraft Antennas -- A Near-lsotropic Microwave Antenna for Communications Satellites -- Index to Contributors to Volume 33 -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- R -- S -- W.

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