This second edition of Satellite Communications is a revised, updated, and improved version of the first edition (Van Nostrand, 1984) and has been extended to include many newer topics that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I've owned the book for years and constantly refer back to it. It's a great introduction to satellite communications and contains enough digital communication theory to get non-EE types up and running.
Dr. Gagliardi was a professor of mine...
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This book and his comm engineering book both are written in an excellent "middle of the road" flavor that gives them usefulness to both academics and practicing engineers. As a satellite engineer I highly recommend the satcom book by Dr. Gagliardi. He addresses many practical situations without excrescent and unnecessary detail. His sections on non-linearities and TWTs are excellent.
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