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Table of contents (64 entries)
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Front Matter
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Satellite Communications
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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International Space University, Arlington, USA
Joseph N. Pelton
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Global Space Institute, Chapel Hill, USA
Scott Madry
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Centro Regional de Enseñanza de Ciencia y Tecnología del Espacio para América Latina y el Caribe (CRECTEALC), Santa María Tonantzintla, Mexico
Sergio Camacho-Lara
About the editors
Dr. Scott Madry is a Geospatial Data Scientist at Renaissance Computing Institute, and also holds a Research Faculty Appointment with the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina. He currently serves as faculty member and department chair of Satellite Applications for the International Space University. He is a former Academic Council member, International Space University,former Associate Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Space Spatial Analysis at Rutgers University. Former Senior Project Manager, the Institute for Technology Development, Space Remote Sensing Center, NASA Stennis Space Center.
Dr. Sergio Camacho-Lara is the Secretary General of the Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, affiliated with the United Nations, and former Director, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, full member, International Academy of Astronautics and Co-Chair of its Commission V. Chairman, World Space Week Association, Co-Chair Action Team on Near Earth Objects of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Satellite Applications
Editors: Joseph N. Pelton, Scott Madry, Sergio Camacho-Lara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23386-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23385-7Published: 19 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23386-4Published: 02 January 2017
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XLII, 1556
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations, 464 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Applied and Technical Physics, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Computer Applications in Chemistry, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Communications Engineering, Networks