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This document outlines a course on satellite communication. The course has 5 modules that cover satellite orbits and trajectories, satellite subsystems, earth stations, multiple access techniques, communication satellites, remote sensing satellites, and navigation satellites. The objectives are to understand satellite orbits, electronic systems associated with satellites and earth stations, applications of satellites including remote sensing and national satellite systems. Assessment includes a 3 hour exam with 10 questions, 5 of which students must answer by selecting 1 from each module.

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This document outlines a course on satellite communication. The course has 5 modules that cover satellite orbits and trajectories, satellite subsystems, earth stations, multiple access techniques, communication satellites, remote sensing satellites, and navigation satellites. The objectives are to understand satellite orbits, electronic systems associated with satellites and earth stations, applications of satellites including remote sensing and national satellite systems. Assessment includes a 3 hour exam with 10 questions, 5 of which students must answer by selecting 1 from each module.

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SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

B.E., VII Semester, Electronics & Communication Engineering


[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)]

Subject Code 15EC755 IA Marks 20


Number of Lecture 03 Exam Marks 80
Hours/Week
Total Number of 40 (8 Hours / Module) Exam Hours 03
Lecture Hours
CREDITS – 03
Course Objectives: This course will enable students to
• Understand the basic principle of satellite orbits and trajectories.
• Study of electronic systems associated with a satellite and the earth station.
• Understand the various technologies associated with the satellite communication.
• Focus on a communication satellite and the national satellite system.
• Study of satellite applications focusing various domains services such as remote
sensing, weather forecasting and navigation.
Module-1 RBT Level
Satellite Orbits and Trajectories: Definition, Basic Principles, Orbital L1, L2
parameters, Injection velocity and satellite trajectory, Types of Satellite
orbits, Orbital perturbations, Satellite stabilization, Orbital effects on
satellite’s performance, Eclipses, Look angles: Azimuth angle, Elevation
angle.

Module-2
Satellite subsystem: Power supply subsystem, Attitude and Orbit control, L1, L2
Tracking, Telemetry and command subsystem, Payload.

Earth Station: Types of earth station, Architecture, Design considerations,


Testing, Earth station Hardware, Satellite tracking.
Module-3
Multiple Access Techniques: Introduction, FDMA (No derivation), SCPC L1, L2,
Systems, MCPC Systems, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA. L3

Satellite Link Design Fundamentals: Transmission Equation, Satellite


Link Parameters, Propagation considerations.
Module-4
Communication Satellites: Introduction, Related Applications, Frequency L1, L2
Bands, Payloads, Satellite Vs. Terrestrial Networks, Satellite Telephony,
Satellite Television, Satellite radio, Regional satellite Systems, National
Satellite Systems.

Module-5

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Remote Sensing Satellites: Classification of remote sensing systems, L1, L2,
orbits, Payloads, Types of images: Image Classification, Interpretation, L3
Applications.

Weather Forecasting Satellites: Fundamentals, Images, Orbits, Payloads,


Applications.

Navigation Satellites: Development of Satellite Navigation Systems, GPS


system, Applications.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
• Describe the satellite orbits and its trajectories with the definitions of parameters
associated with it.
• Describe the electronic hardware systems associated with the satellite subsystem
and earth station.
• Describe the various applications of satellite with the focus on national satellite
system.
• Compute the satellite link parameters under various propagation conditions with the
illustration of multiple access techniques.
Question Paper pattern:
• The Question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 16 marks
• There will be 2 full Questions (with a maximum of Three sub questions) from each
module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The Students will have to answer 5 full Questions, selecting one full Question
from each module.
Text Book:
Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agrawal, Satellite Communications, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.,
2015, ISBN: 978-81-265-2071-8.
Reference Books :
1. Dennis Roddy, Satellite Communications, 4th Edition, McGraw- Hill International
edition, 2006
2. Timothy Pratt, Charles Bostian, Jeremy Allnutt, Satellite Communications, 2nd
Edition, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd , 2017, ISBN: 978-81-265-0833-4

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