Mobile Satellite Communications

David J. Whalen
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David J. Whalen: University of North Dakota

Chapter 5 in The Rise and Fall of COMSAT, 2014, pp 112-130 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Comsat was founded in 1963 to be the American part of an international satellite communications consortium—a consortium (Intelsat) that Comsat was also supposed to form. The services provided were from “fixed” point to “fixed” point—hence fixed satellite service (FSS). Mobile services involved at least one side of the communications link being mobile—such as a ship, airplane, or automobile. The difference between “fixed” services and “mobile” services was well established at the US FCC and the UN-sponsored International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) might or might not be included in the Comsat/Intelsat “monopoly.” MSS was eventually established—after a tortuous (perhaps torturous) beginning.

Keywords: Launch Vehicle; International Civil Aviation Organization; Federal Aviation Administration; Mobile Satellite; Marisat Satellite (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137396938_6

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