Non-GEO systems - Where have all the satellites gone?

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2939-2948

  Ashford, Edward W ^a  

^a Ashford Aerospace Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); INVESTMENTS; ORBITS; TELEPHONE;

BROADBAND CONNECTION; HIGH EARTH ORBITS (HEO); LOW EARTH ORBITS (LEO); NON-GEO SATELLITES;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 22344447946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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