Advanced Methods for Satellite and Deep Space Communications: Proceedings of an International Seminar Organized by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Bonn, Germany, September 1992

We are currently observing a discussion about the usefulness of space research and the amount of spin-off we obtain from space programs. One area which is widely overlooked is digital communications, although it is quite clear that the application of space research which has directly affected most people is certainly space communication via satellite. Direct broadcasting satellites, international telephone callsvia geostationary satellites and the growing mobile services by satellites serve...