Handbook of Satellite Applications

The multiyear creation of the Handbook of Satellite Applications represents a mammoth effort by many dozens of authors. Some of the world's most outstanding experts in their field graciously supported this effort as volunteers. We thus wish, first and foremost, to thank these authors who have so generously contributed toward this attempt to creating a truly definitive reference work across the closely related fields of satellite communications, remote sensing, space navigation, and meteorological sensing from space.