SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD AND SYSTEM

This second edition first published 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

Names: Braun, T. M., 1949–, author. | Braun, Walter R., author.
Title: Satellite communications payload and system / Teresa M. Braun, Walter R. Braun.
Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐IEEE Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021004388 (print) | LCCN 2021004389 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119384311 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119384304 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119384328 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Artificial satellites in telecommunication. | Artificial satellites–Electronic equipment. | Artificial satellites–Radio antennas. | High altitude platform systems (Telecommunication) | Digital communications.
Classification: LCC TK5104 .B765 2022 (print) | LCC TK5104 (ebook) | DDC 621.3841/56–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004388
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004389

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