R. M. Foster

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

part 1 Satellite Communications

Project Telstar

Some Big Problems in Satellite Communications

part 2 Satellite Communications Case Histories

CASE HISTORY NO. 1 How Do We Calculate a Satellite's Orbit?

CASE HISTORY NO. 2 What Color Should a Satellite Be?

CASE HISTORY NO. 3 How Can We Make Optical Measurements on a Satellite?

CASE HISTORY NO. 4 How Do We Keep Solar Cell Power Plants Working in Space?

CASE HISTORY NO. 5 Would Time Delay Be a Problem in Using a Synchronous Satellite?

CASE HISTORY NO. 6 How Can We Repair an Orbiting Satellite?

Footnotes

Transcriber's Notes

BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES
EDITOR: RONALD M. FOSTER, Jr.

How scientists and engineers use basic physical principles to solve some of the problems in communicating by means of man-made satellites

© 1963 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated

All rights reserved.
Permission to reproduce any material contained in this book must be obtained, in writing, from the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-21667

Printed in U.S.A.