Satellites are increasingly used for global communications, as well as for radio and television transmissions. With the growth of mobile communications, and of digital technology, the use of satellite systems is set to expand substantially and already all students of electronics or communications engineering must study the subject.

This book steers a middle path between offering a basic understanding of the process of communication by satellite and the methodology used; and the extensive mathematical analysis normally adopted in similar texts. It presents the basic concepts, using as...

Provides a sound basis for the understanding of modern navigation systems and latest developments in technology, and the growing standardisation of maritime navigation techniques. Expanded section on the now standard Navstar GPS systems and Integrated Nav, and a new chapter on application of electronic charts, problems, solutions.