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Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; 1: The World of Space in Flux; Introduction; The Small Satellite Revolution; Complex and Conflicting Trends in Satellite Communications; Key Technical Trends Fueling Changes in Satellite Applications; Key Innovations in Ground Systems; Advanced Coding Systems; New Frequency Efficiencies and Spectrum Allocations; New Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Capabilities; New Launch System Efficiencies; The Structure of This Book; Conclusions; References; 2: How Satellite Communications Systems Are Changing; Introduction
The Rise of Conventional Communications Satellites from the 1960s to the 1990sThe Rise of New Space Communications Systems from the 1990s to the Present; Space 2.0 Comes to Satellite Communications; The Promise, the Opportunities, and the Pitfalls; Regulatory Oversight Concerns; Conclusions; References; 3: Key Trends in Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems and Services; Introduction; Reinventing the World of Remote Sensing; The Small Satellite Revolution in Remote Sensing; Developments in Digital Processing and Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellite Data; Spinoffs from Defense-Related Surveillance
New Commercial Business Interests Around the WorldThe Proliferation of Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems; Conclusions; References; 4: The Growth and Expansion of Precise Navigation and Timing; Introduction; How GNSS Satellites Establish a User's Exact Location; Innovations in GNSS Systems; Key Issues and Concerns; Personal Surveillance, Privacy and Freedom; Cyber-Security and Hacking of Computerized Systems with GNSS-Enabled Devices; Vulnerability of Automated Systems That Depend on GNSS Systems and Backup Options; The Global Proliferation of GNSS Systems; Conclusions; References
5: The New Capabilities of Weather Satellites6: New Uses of the Protozone; Introduction; Space Situational Awareness; New Technologies Under Development; The Growing Number of New Applications for the Protozone; High-Altitude Protozone Tourism; UAVs or Balloons for Communications, IT and Earth Observation Services and High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS); Dark Sky Stations; Automated Robotic Air Freighters; Hypersonic Transport Systems; Hypersonic Weapons and Defense Systems; Conclusions; References; 7: On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal and Repurposing of Defunct Spacecraft; Introduction
Emerging New Capabilities in On-Orbit Serving Around the WorldCoping with Space Debris; Engaging in Active Debris Removal; ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (Sometimes Called ConeX or CX-OLEV); MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates and Space Infrastructure Servicing; Vivisat and Its Mission Extension Vehicle; X-37B OTV - NASA, U. S. Air Force and DARPA; Sierra Nevada Dreamchaser Spaceplane; The Remove Debris Small Satellite; German DLR DEOS Mission; CleanSpace One - EPFL; EDDE - Electro-Dynamic Debris Eliminator; Conclusions; References; 8: Space-Based Solar Power Satellite Systems
The Rise of Conventional Communications Satellites from the 1960s to the 1990sThe Rise of New Space Communications Systems from the 1990s to the Present; Space 2.0 Comes to Satellite Communications; The Promise, the Opportunities, and the Pitfalls; Regulatory Oversight Concerns; Conclusions; References; 3: Key Trends in Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems and Services; Introduction; Reinventing the World of Remote Sensing; The Small Satellite Revolution in Remote Sensing; Developments in Digital Processing and Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellite Data; Spinoffs from Defense-Related Surveillance
New Commercial Business Interests Around the WorldThe Proliferation of Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems; Conclusions; References; 4: The Growth and Expansion of Precise Navigation and Timing; Introduction; How GNSS Satellites Establish a User's Exact Location; Innovations in GNSS Systems; Key Issues and Concerns; Personal Surveillance, Privacy and Freedom; Cyber-Security and Hacking of Computerized Systems with GNSS-Enabled Devices; Vulnerability of Automated Systems That Depend on GNSS Systems and Backup Options; The Global Proliferation of GNSS Systems; Conclusions; References
5: The New Capabilities of Weather Satellites6: New Uses of the Protozone; Introduction; Space Situational Awareness; New Technologies Under Development; The Growing Number of New Applications for the Protozone; High-Altitude Protozone Tourism; UAVs or Balloons for Communications, IT and Earth Observation Services and High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS); Dark Sky Stations; Automated Robotic Air Freighters; Hypersonic Transport Systems; Hypersonic Weapons and Defense Systems; Conclusions; References; 7: On-Orbit Servicing, Active Debris Removal and Repurposing of Defunct Spacecraft; Introduction
Emerging New Capabilities in On-Orbit Serving Around the WorldCoping with Space Debris; Engaging in Active Debris Removal; ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (Sometimes Called ConeX or CX-OLEV); MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates and Space Infrastructure Servicing; Vivisat and Its Mission Extension Vehicle; X-37B OTV - NASA, U. S. Air Force and DARPA; Sierra Nevada Dreamchaser Spaceplane; The Remove Debris Small Satellite; German DLR DEOS Mission; CleanSpace One - EPFL; EDDE - Electro-Dynamic Debris Eliminator; Conclusions; References; 8: Space-Based Solar Power Satellite Systems