The Rise and Fall of COMSAT

Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications

D. Whalen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-39691-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.5.2014
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 278 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
	Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-137-39691-1 / 1137396911
ISBN-13	978-1-137-39691-4 / 9781137396914
Zustand	Neuware