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The design, engineering, manufacture, deployment and operation of communications satellites constitute a complex and demanding process. The development of new and better technology has allowed satellites to improve over time. Today’s satellites have much higher capacity, operate for a much more sustained period of time, operate over a broader range of frequencies, provide an ever-increasing range of diverse satellite services and work with more cost effective and user friendly ground antenna systems.
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Timothy Pratt and Charles W. Bostian, Satellite Communications, (1986) John Wiley and Sons, New York pp. 107–109.
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Denny S. Roddy, Satellite Communications, (2001) 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 128–133.
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Mark Chartrand, Satellite Communications for the Nonspecialist, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, USA. P. 265. Also see Mark Williamson, The Communications Satellite, (1990) Adam-Hilger, London, U.K. pp. 178–179.
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For further information on modulation and encoding see: Mark R. Chartrand, Satellite Communications for the Nonspecialist, (2004), SPIE Press, Bellingham, Washington, USA pp. 103–118. Also Gary D. Gordon and Walter L. Morgan Principals of Communications Satellites, (1993) John Wiley and Sons, New York. p. 114–118
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Joseph N. Pelton, Satellite Communications 2001: The Transition to the Mass Consumer Markets, Technologies and Systems, (2001) International Engineering Consortium, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 88–93.
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Gary D. Gordon and Walter Morgan, The Principles of Satellite Communications ( 1993) John Wiley and Sons, New York. pp. 442–464.
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Ibid, p. 162 and p. 443.
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Ibid, pp. 475–480.
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Op cit. Mark Williamson. Pp. 243–266
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Op cit. Gary D. Gordon and Walter Morgan p. 75, p. 299, p. 307, p. 325, pp. 371–374.
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Pelton, J.N. (2012). The Design, Engineering, Manufacture, and Operation of a Communications Satellite. In: Satellite Communications. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1994-5_4
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