Whalen The Rise and Fall of COMSAT

Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-39693-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten, eBook

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whalen, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.