Satellite Basics for Everyone: An Illustrated Guide to Satellites for Non-Technical & Technical People Book

Contents

Preface....................vii
Introduction....................ix
Artificial Earth Satellites....................1
Origin of Artificial Satellites....................1
Satellites in Orbit....................10
Satellite Ownership Costs....................18
Satellite Launch....................19
Satellite Launch Vehicles....................19
Other Launch Systems....................26
Vehicle Configurations....................27
Launch Costs....................28
Geostationary Communications Satellite....................29
Geostationary Orbit....................31
Satellite Communications Services....................32
Ground Stations....................36
Satellite Components....................36
Mission Payload....................41
Satellite Bus....................47
Sample Communications Satellites....................61
Satellite Motion....................63
Kepler's Laws....................64
Elliptical Orbits....................65
Orbit Equations....................66
Eccentricity....................68
Simplifying Calculations....................69
Mission Planning Example....................71
The Mission....................71
Parking Orbit....................72
Geostationary Orbit....................73
Transfer Orbit....................74
Transfer Orbit Injection....................75
Geostationary Orbit Injection....................76
Achieving Longitude Station....................77
Orbits Summary....................78
Mission Planning Refinement....................79
Orbit Inclination....................80
Multiple Transfer Orbits....................83
Station-Keeping....................90
Propellant Requirements....................93
Rocket Equation....................93
Orbit Insertion Maneuvers....................95
Station-Keeping....................98
Attitude Control....................98
Propellant Mass Summary....................99
Total Mass Summary....................100
Mission Optimization....................101
Conclusions....................103
Appendices....................107
A - Unit Conversions....................107
B - Longitude Distribution....................109
C - Operators/Contractors....................111
D - Launch Vehicles and Sites....................115
E - Sample Communications Satellites....................117
F - Earth Parameters....................121
Glossary....................123
References....................129
Index....................131
About the Author....................135