Satellite Communications

Fourth Edition

A timely text, recently revised

The Author:

Dennis Roddy is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and has more than 40 years of experience in industrial and technical education. He is also the author of Radio and Line Transmission, Volumes 1 and 2, Introduction to Microelectronics, and Microwave Technology; and coauthor (with J.Coolen) of Electronic Communications; and Electronics.

Highly regarded for more than a decade as a teaching text and professional tutorial, this classic guide to satellite communications has been updated and expanded to cover global wireless applications, digital television and Internet access via satellite. New to this edition are Global wireless services, including 3G; Antenna Options and Error Coding.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Overview of Satellite Systems
• Chapter 2: Orbits and Launching Methods
• Chapter 3: The Geostationary Orbit
• Chapter 4: Radio Wave Propagation
• Chapter 5: Polarization
• Chapter 6: Antennas
• Chapter 7: The Space Segment
• Chapter 8: The Earth Segment
• Chapter 9: Analog Signals
• Chapter 10: Digital Signals
• Chapter 11: Error Control Coding
• Chapter 12: The Space Link
• Chapter 13: Interference
• Chapter 14: Satellite Access
• Chapter 15: Satellites in Networks
• Chapter 16: Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Television
• Chapter 17: Satellite Mobile and Specialized Services
• APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS
• APPENDIX B: CONIC SECTIONS
• APPENDIX C: NASA TWO-LINE ORBITAL ELEMENTS
• APPENDIX D: LISTINGS OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• APPENDIX E: ILLUSTRATING THIRD-ORDER INTERMODULATION PRODUCTS
• APPENDIX F: ACRONYMS
• APPENDIX G: LOGARITHMIC UNITS
• INDEX