Principles of Communications Satellites
by Gary D. Gordon, Walter L. Morgan
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Author: Gary D. Gordon, Walter L. MorganEdition: Hardcover
Published: 1993-07-22
ISBN: 047155796X
Number of pages: 568
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Book Review: Too expensive.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book blindly without seeing the contents first (what a stupid mistake!) only because it said 'the first half of the book deals with link power budgets'. So you would think that this book has a lot of details about link budget calculations right? Wrong! Most of the stuff in this book is only in introductory level. The link budget calculation that was boasted as the main feature of the book is very superficial, the kind of stuff that you would find in any satellite communications book out there. If you are looking for a good reference for link budget calculation, I recommend Tri T. Ha's. It has a Crane's rain model in there. (But in the real work, people normally use ITU model. So you will need some of the ITU's recommendation papers that have the model calculations as well. For example, P 620 - just to name one.)In all, this book is a fairly good introduction. I would have given it more stars if it were priced at around [price]. It is simply too expensive. If you want a better introduction book in satellite communications at lower price, go for Dennis Roddy's.
Summary of Principles of Communications Satellites
Explains the reasons, limitations and trade-offs inherent to communications satellites. The first half deals with link power budgets as well as communications hardware and examples of complete link budgets. Spacecraft technology and a description of the objectives and basic operating methods of each of the major supporting subsystems are covered in the last half. Contains end-of-chapter exercises and solutions.An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.
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