INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. THE EARLY YEARS OF SPACE-BASED COMMUNICATION 16
6. 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES 40
7. 3. DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES 66
8. 4. SPACECRAFT LAUNCHES 89
9. 5. REMOTE SENSING 112
10. 6. NAVIGATION 142
11. 7. HABITATIONS IN SPACE 158
12. 8. MATERIALS PROCESSING 186
13. 9. FINANCING PROJECTS IN SPACE 203
14. SOURCE NOTES 215
15. ABBREVIATIONS 227
16. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 231
17. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 233
18. INDEX 235