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Satellite Communication Engineering, 2nd Edition
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Satellite Communication Engineering, 2nd Edition

by Michael Olorunfunmi Kolawole
July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 15m
English
CRC Press
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Basic Principles of Satellite Communications

Satellite communication is one of the most impressive spin-offs from the space programs, and has made a major contribution to the pattern of international communications. A communication satellite is basically an electronic communication package placed in orbit whose prime objective is to initiate or assist communication transmission of information or messages from one point to another through space. The information transferred most often corresponds to voice (telephone), video (television), and digital data.

Communication involves the transfer of information between a source and a user. An obvious example of information transfer is through terrestrial media, through the use of wire lines, coaxial ...

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