This useful resource deals with satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be used in communications, positioning, remote-sensing, meteorology, and astronomy. An accompanying CD-ROM determines the orbit and sampling of a satellite.
Satellites: Orbits and Missions
โ Scribed by Michel Capderou, S. Lyle
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 558
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This useful resource deals with satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be used in communications, positioning, remote-sensing, meteorology, and astronomy. An accompanying CD-ROM determines the orbit and sampling of a satellite.
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