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| Preface |
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| Biography |
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1 Introduction to Satellite Communications |
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1.1 A Brief History of Satellite Communications |
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1.1.1 Origins of Communications Satellite Technology |
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1.1.2 Origins of the Communications Satellite Legal Structure---International |
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1.1.3 Origins of the US Communications Satellite Legal Structure---Domestic |
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1.1.4 The Merger of Domestic and International Communication Satellite Legal Structures |
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1.1.5 NASA and Civil Communications Satellites |
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1.2 Current Major Communications Satellite Systems |
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1.2.1 Military Communications Satellites |
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1.2.2 Civil Communications Satellites |
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1.2.3 Commercial Satellites |
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2 Overview of the Technology |
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24 | (7) |
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31 | (8) |
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2.3.1 Low Earth Orbiting Communications Satellites |
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2.3.2 Geostationary and Geosynchronous Communications Satellites |
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34 | (3) |
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2.3.3 Intermediate Circular, Medium Earth, and Elliptical Orbiting Communications Satellites |
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2.4 Satellites and Earth Stations |
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2.4.1 Basic Components of Communications Satellites |
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2.4.2 Basic Elements in Satellite Ground Earth Stations |
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2.5 Channels, Link Analysis, and Networks |
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44 | (7) |
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46 | (1) |
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3 Early Proposals for Mobile Satellite Communications |
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3.1 Military Interest in Mobile Satellite Communications |
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57 | (1) |
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4 Marisat and Marecs: Pioneering Commercial Mobile Satellite Services |
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65 | (8) |
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5 Introduction to INMARSAT |
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5.1 Origins of the INMARSAT Organization |
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5.2 US Participation in the INMARSAT Organization |
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5.3 Structure of the INMARSAT Organization |
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5.4 Ownership of the INMARSAT Organization |
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5.5 Land Earth Stations (LESs) in INMARSAT |
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5.6 Mobile Terminals in INMARSAT |
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5.7 INMARSAT System Services |
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5.7.1 INMARSAT Maritime Safety Services |
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5.7.2 Principal Non-safety Services |
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5.8 Transformation of the INMARSAT Organization |
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5.9 ICO Global Communications |
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6.1 Introduction to INMARSAT plc |
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6.2 INMARSAT'S Satellites |
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6.2.1 Existing Satellites |
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6.3.5 Aeronautical Services |
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7 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Mobile Satellite Communications Systems |
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7.2.1 Background to Iridium |
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7.2.2 Iridium System Description |
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128 | (2) |
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7.3.1 Globalstar Bankruptcy |
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7.3.2 Globalstar's Reentry |
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7.3.3 Globalstar's System and Services |
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141 | (2) |
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7.4.1 History of "Little Leo" Technology |
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7.4.2 Orbital Sciences' Efforts to Commercialize Little Leos |
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145 | (2) |
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7.4.4 The Initial ORBCOMM Business |
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149 | (2) |
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7.4.5 The New ORBCOMM Business |
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151 | (1) |
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7.4.6 The ORBCOMM Communications System |
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152 | (5) |
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8 Non-Inmarsat Geostationary Mobile Satellite Communications Systems |
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157 | (13) |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (4) |
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8.3 Mobile Satellite Communications Services from Intelsat |
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164 | (6) |
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9 Other Important Mobile Satellite Communications Systems |
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170 | (14) |
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170 | (3) |
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9.5 Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) |
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181 | (1) |
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10 Military Mobile Satellite Communications Systems |
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184 | (6) |
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10.1 1980s--1990s History |
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185 | (1) |
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10.2 US Military Mobile Satellite Communications Post 9/11 |
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186 | (4) |
| Appendix I US Communications Satellite Timeline 1940s Through 1990s |
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190 | (7) |
| Appendix II Background Statements by the International Telecommunications Union on Mobile Satellite Communications Frequency Assignments 1996, 1997, and 2000 |
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| Appendix III Public Services Agreement Between the International Mobile Satellite Organization and INMARSAT |
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| Appendix IV Mobile Satellite Communications Excerpts From U.S. Federal Communications Commission Report on U.S. Commercial Mobile Services |
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| Index |
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