Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 24, Inc.

GEOSTATIONARY ORBITS

by Neal McLain, CSBE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 - PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES
PART 2 - ORBITAL GEOMETRY
PART 3 - POINTING ANGLES
PART 4 - SATELLITE ANTENNA MOUNTS
PART 5 - INCLINED-ORBIT SATELLITES

APPENDICES
JOHANNES KEPLER: THE SEARCH FOR "HARMONIES"
ARTHUR C. CLARKE: THE FATHER OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
THE POLAR MOUNT IN THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMY

The following series of articles was originally published in NEWSLETTER,
a publication of Chapter 24 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

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Copyright © 1995-2000 by Neal McLain. Support for the
preparation of this article was provided by Communication
Technologies, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin. Support for the
original publication of this article was provided by
Chapter 24 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.

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