EC2045 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

EC2045 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION L T P C

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UNIT I SATELLITE ORBITS 9

Kepler’s Laws, Newton’s law, orbital parameters, orbital perturbations, station keeping,

geo stationary and non Geo-stationary orbits – Look Angle Determination- Limits of

visibility –eclipse-Sub satellite point –Sun transit outage-Launching Procedures -

launch vehicles and propulsion.

UNIT II SPACE SEGMENT AND SATELLITE LINK DESIGN 11

Spacecraft Technology- Structure, Primary power, Attitude and Orbit control, Thermal

control and Propulsion, communication Payload and supporting subsystems, Telemetry,

Tracking and command. Satellite uplink and downlink Analysis and Design, link budget,

E/N calculation- performance impairments-system noise, inter modulation and

interference, Propagation Characteristics and Frequency considerations- System

reliability and design lifetime.

UNIT III SATELLITE ACCESS 10

Modulation and Multiplexing: Voice, Data, Video, Analog – digital transmission system,

Digital video Brocast, multiple access: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Assignment Methods,

Spread Spectrum communication, compression – encryption

UNIT IV EARTH SEGMENT 8

Earth Station Technology-- Terrestrial Interface, Transmitter and Receiver, Antenna

Systems TVRO, MATV, CATV, Test Equipment Measurements on G/T, C/No, EIRP,

Antenna Gain.

UNIT V SATELLITE APPLICATIONS 10

INTELSAT Series, INSAT, VSAT, Mobile satellite services: GSM, GPS, INMARSAT,

LEO, MEO, Satellite Navigational System. Direct Broadcast satellites (DBS)- Direct to

home Broadcast (DTH), Digital audio broadcast (DAB)- Worldspace services, Business

TV(BTV), GRAMSAT, Specialized services – E –mail, Video conferencing, Internet

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Dennis Roddy, ‘Satellite Communication’, McGraw Hill International, 4

2006.

2. Wilbur L. Pritchard, Hendri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, ‘Satellite

Communication Systems Engineering’, Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2007.

th Edition,

REFERENCES:

1. N.Agarwal, ‘Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft, Prentice Hall, 1986.

2. Bruce R. Elbert, ‘The Satellite Communication Applications’ Hand Book, Artech

House Bostan London, 1997.

3. Tri T. Ha, ‘Digital Satellite Communication’, II edition, 1990.

4. Emanuel Fthenakis, ‘Manual of Satellite Communications’, McGraw Hill Book Co.,

1984.

5. Robert G. Winch, ‘Telecommunication Trans Mission Systems’, McGraw-Hill Book

Co., 1983.

6. Brian Ackroyd, ‘World Satellite Communication and earth station Design’, BSP

professional Books, 1990.

7. G.B.Bleazard, ‘ Introducing Satellite communications NCC Publication, 1985.

8. M.Richharia, ‘Satellite Communication Systems-Design Principles”,

Macmillan 2003