837 pgs, 1993, Plenum Press
  ISBN 978-0306441479

A complete guide to satellite communication systems design.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Signals
2. Causes of Signal Impairment
3. Baseband Signal Processing
4. Services
5. Quality of Service
6. System Outline
7. Orbits and Controlled Trajectories
8. Radio-Frequency Design Issues
9. Analog Transmission
10. Digital Transmission
11. Bidirectional Circuit Design
12. Channel-Access Schemes
13. Networking
14. System Economics
15. Future Developments
    Appendices