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Solar Power for the World
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Solar Power for the World

by Wolfgang Palz
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
800 pages
22h 43m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Solar Power for the World
46 The Rising Sun in a Developing World
modern satellites, positioned 36,000 kilometres above the equator,
can provide direct TV coverage for a whole continent of consumers.
Such satellites are also suitable for interactive Internet transmis-
sion. Their application is not yet widespread, as operators want first
to amortise the dense cable networks they have already installed.
But by switching to satellite transmission, it is possible to save a
lot of expensive copper cables. Correspondingly, spinning satellites
stayed in use for much longer than we had initially thought; three-
axis stabilised satellites with large deployable solar paddles were
needed ...
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ISBN: 9789814411875