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DESCRIPTION:The commercial era of satellite communication systems started w
 ith the launch of Intelsat IV Satellite in 1971. It spurred unprecedented 
 R & D activities in diverse areas such as launch vehicles\, new materials\
 , microwave technologies\, solar cells. Communication via satellites has b
 ecome an integral niche in the provision of telecommunication services wor
 ldwide. Satellites are unique in their capability to provide ubiquitous\, 
 seamless\, and global communications systems. This lecture provides a brie
 f history of the evolution of satellite communications systems\, describes
  some of its unique features\, its operating environment and architectures
  and advances that have taken place\, with emphasis on the evolution of mi
 crowave technologies. The talk concludes with a discussion of telecommunic
 ation services best suited for satellite systems in the face of competitio
 n from cellular and fiber optic terrestrial networks.\n\n(Paid parking on 
 campus. Most side street parking is 1 hour until 6:00 PM)\n\nSpeaker(s): D
 r. Chandra Kudsia\, \n\nRoom: A113\, Bldg: ITB\, 1280 Main Street West\, H
 amilton\, Ontario\, Canada\, L8S 4K1
LOCATION:Room: A113\, Bldg: ITB\, 1280 Main Street West\, Hamilton\, Ontari
 o\, Canada\, L8S 4K1
ORGANIZER:junchen@ece.mcmaster.ca
SEQUENCE:5
SUMMARY:Evolution of Microwave Technologies for Communication Satellite Sys
 tems
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/197054
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The commercial era of satellite communicat
 ion systems started with the launch of Intelsat IV Satellite in 1971. It s
 purred unprecedented R &amp\; D activities in diverse areas such as launch
  vehicles\, new materials\, microwave technologies\, solar cells. Communic
 ation via satellites has become an integral niche in the provision of tele
 communication services worldwide. Satellites are unique in their capabilit
 y to provide ubiquitous\, seamless\, and global communications systems. Th
 is lecture provides a brief history of the evolution of satellite communic
 ations systems\, describes some of its unique features\, its operating env
 ironment and architectures and advances that have taken place\, with empha
 sis on the evolution of microwave technologies. The talk concludes with a 
 discussion of telecommunication services best suited for satellite systems
  in the face of competition from cellular and fiber optic terrestrial netw
 orks.</p>\n<p>(Paid parking on campus. Most side street parking is 1 hour 
 until 6:00 PM)</p>
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