Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ACRONYMS
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Development of Mobile Radiocommunications
  • 1.1.2 Evolution of Satellite Communications
  • 1.1.3 Experiments with Active Communications Satellites
  • 1.1.4 Early Progress in Mobile Satellite Communications and Navigation
  • 1.2.1 Definition of Global Mobile Satellite Communications (GMSC)
  • 1.2.2 Definition of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
  • 1.2.3 Definition of Satellite Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS)
  • 1.2.4 Network Architecture of GMSC
  • 1.3.1 Maritime Mobile Satellite Communications (MMSC)1.3.2 Land Mobile Satellite Communications (LMSC)
  • 1.3.3 Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Communications (AMSC)
  • 1.3.4 Global Mobile Personal Satellite Communications (GMPSC)
  • 1.4.1 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Radio Regulations
  • 1.4.2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Regulations
  • 1.4.3 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Regulations
  • 1.4.4 International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  • 1.4.5 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
  • 1.4.6 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)1.4.7 Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA)
  • 1.5.1 International Satellite Communications Organizations
  • 1.5.2 Former International MSS Operators
  • 1.6.1 Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)
  • 1.6.2 Mobile Satellite Service (MSS)
  • 1.6.3 Personal Mobile Satellite Service (PMSS)
  • 1.6.4 Radio Navigation Satellite Service (RNSS)
  • 1.6.5 Radio Determination Satellite Service (RDSS)
  • 1.6.6 Mobile Broadcast Satellite Service (MBSS)
  • 1.6.7 Mobile Satellite Broadband Service (MSBS)
  • 1.7.1 WEFAX System
  • 1.7.2 Automatic Picture Transmission (APT)1.7.3 Applied Weather Technology (AWT)
  • 1.7.4 Global Meteorological Technologies (GMT)
  • 1.7.5 Noble Denton Weather Services (NDWS)
  • 1.7.6 Global Sea State Information via Internet (GSSII)
  • 1.8.1 Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR)
  • 1.8.2 Aeronautical Weather Forecast
  • 1.8.3 SPECI Criteria
  • Chapter 2 Space Segment
  • 2.1.1 Space Environment
  • 2.1.2 Laws of Satellite Motion
  • 2.1.3 Horizon and Geographic Satellite Coordinates
  • 2.2.1 Satellite Installation and Launching Operations
  • 2.2.2 Satellite Launchers and Launching Systems2.3.1 Low Earth Orbits (LEO)
  • 2.3.2 Circular Orbits
  • 2.3.3 Highly Elliptical Orbits (HEO)
  • 2.3.4 Polar Earth Orbits (PEO)
  • 2.3.5 Hybrid Satellite Orbits (HSO)
  • 2.4.1 Satellite Repeaters for Mobile Satellite Communications
  • 2.4.2 Satellite Repeaters for Cospas-Sarsat System
  • 2.4.3 Satellite Repeaters for New Generation of GEO and Non-GEO MSC
  • 2.4.4 Satellite Navigation Repeaters for GNSS
  • 2.4.5 Repeaters for Stratospheric Communication Platforms (SCP)
  • 2.4.6 Satellite Antenna System for MSC