• DocumentCode
    1446622
  • Title

    The start of commercial satellite communications [History of communications]

  • Author

    Pelton, J.N.

  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    24
  • Lastpage
    31
  • Abstract
    The era of satellite communications, now going on fifty years in length, has in many ways only just begun. Perhaps one day we will see broadband commercial satellite systems operating to support telecommunications services for the Moon and Mars. But the excitement of the early years will be hard to beat.
  • Keywords
    broadband networks; history; satellite communication; broadband systems; history; satellite communications; Artificial satellites; Communication system control; Communications technology; Earth; History; Orbital calculations; Physics; Satellite communication; Societies; Space stations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2010.5434368
  • Filename
    5434368
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1446622