The Rise and Fall of COMSAT
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After pioneering this technology and growing the market, COMSAT fell prey to changes in government policy and to its own lack of entrepreneurial talent. The author explores the factors which contributed to this rise and fall of COMSAT.
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David J. Whalen gained BA and MS degrees in Astronomy at Boston University and University of Massachusetts, USA, respectively, spent five years in the US Navy (A6A Intruder), and began a 30-year career as a communications satellite engineer. Since 2007, he has been teaching in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota, USA, where he was Chair of the Department of Space Studies from 2007 to 2010.
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Introduction: A Technological Camelot 1. The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 2. Creating COMSAT 3. Creating Intelsat 4. Rising to the Peak 5. Mobile Satellite Communications 6. Technology 7. DOMSATs (COMSTAR and SBS) 8. Direct Broadcast Satellites 9. The Old Guard Retires 10. Fadeout Epilog: Post-Mortem
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09781137396914
- Lesemotiv Verstehen
- Genre Physics
- Auflage 2014
- Anzahl Seiten 278
- Herausgeber Palgrave Macmillan
- Größe H216mm x B140mm
- Jahr 2014
- EAN 9781137396914
- Format Fester Einband
- ISBN 978-1-137-39691-4
- Veröffentlichung 23.05.2014
- Titel The Rise and Fall of COMSAT
- Autor D. Whalen
- Untertitel Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications
- Gewicht 490g
- Sprache Englisch
