Satellite Orbits & Communications

Are you keen to kickstart your understanding of satellite orbits and communications, but aren’t quite ready to dive into the deep end of a complicated textbook?

Whether you’re a complete beginner to satellites or a career astronaut looking for a refresher, Satellite Orbits & Communications serves to launch your understanding into orbit! Each section of this book takes you on a journey through the basics of satellite engineering and orbital dynamics as well as how satellites communicate with Earth. Every illustration, explanation, and problem was written by a dedicated team to ensure that the book is approachable for anyone.

With new satellites being launched each day, there isn’t a better time to learn about the infrastructure over our heads!

Bookwide Features

Three mischievous, but savvy, mascots to guide and encourage your understanding!Creative illustrations to satisfy any visual learnerHistorical facts and stories that take you back in time to when humans formed theories on orbital motion and executed experimentsFor those feeling adventurous, introductory MATLAB programming implementationsFor those looking for additional help with math, accessible practice problems for mathematical concepts summarized in a handy cheatsheet

Satellite Dynamics Highlights

Types of orbitsClassical orbital elementsNewton and Kepler’s laws2D orbital mechanicsHohmann transfersSpace sustainability

Satellite Communications Highlights

How to work with decibelsLink design and parametersTransmittersAntenna characteristicsReceiversLink performance and optimization

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DKVPZ79R
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 31, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 19843 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Format ‏ : ‎ Print Replica