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How Satellite Communications Systems Are Changing

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The field of satellite communications is highly competitive and rapidly growing. Today, this sector of the global space industry market, including defense and commercial satellite communications, represents annual revenues of nearly $200 billion out of total revenues of over $350 billion [1].

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    Joseph N. Pelton

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Pelton, J.N. (2019). How Satellite Communications Systems Are Changing. In: Space 2.0. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15281-9_2

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