Sachdev, D. K. <br/><br/>
Success Stories in Satellite Systems. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (449 pages) 
 - Library of Flight .
 - Library of Flight .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Overview -- Syncom: World's First Geostationary Satellite -- Intelsat -- Telesat: The First Domestic Satellite System -- INMARSAT: A Success Story -- Thuraya Mobile Satellite System -- Eutelsat: An Impressive Success -- The Mouse That Roared: Via LuxSat and GDL, How SES Built ASTRA into the World's Preeminent Satellite Operator -- The Success Story of JSAT -- INSAT Initiates Communication Revolution in India -- The DBS Dimension: How U.S. DBS Success was Achieved -- Global Positioning System: Origins, Early Concepts, Development, and Design Succes73 -- XM Satellite Radio - The First Ten Years: A Trifecta of Technology, Product, and Market Opportunity -- INTELSAT VI (F-3) Reboost Mission: An Epochal Event in the History of the Commercial Space Industry -- Earth Stations: From Very Big to Very Small -- DARPA's Space History -- Potential Success Stories in the Future -- Index -- Contributing Authors -- Supporting Materials -- Colorinsert. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781563479687 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Artificial satellites -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL796 -- .S83 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.43/4