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Satellite systems provide global voice, data, and broadcast services to both mobile and fixed sites. They use satellites orbiting Earth to communicate or receive signals. Global positioning systems use satellites to precisely locate receivers on Earth. Geographic information systems combine spatial data layers like population and roads to analyze and map information. Satellite television and phones deliver media and allow communication via satellites, providing services where cables and cellular networks do not reach.

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6.11 Notes

Satellite systems provide global voice, data, and broadcast services to both mobile and fixed sites. They use satellites orbiting Earth to communicate or receive signals. Global positioning systems use satellites to precisely locate receivers on Earth. Geographic information systems combine spatial data layers like population and roads to analyze and map information. Satellite television and phones deliver media and allow communication via satellites, providing services where cables and cellular networks do not reach.

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Topic 6

ICT Applications
6.11 Satellite Systems

Objective: To be able to explain the uses of satellite systems.


Topic Success Criteria/PLC
Skill R/A/G
❏ I understand the uses, advantages and disadvantages of
satellite systems.
Satellite Systems
● Satellite systems provide voice, data and broadcast services with global coverage to mobile
users as well as to fixed sites.
● They all depend on satellites in orbit around the earth as methods to communicate or receive
signals from them.

Global positioning systems and satellite navigation:

● Global positioning systems (GPS) uses satellites to find the precise location of things by
communicating with receivers on the ground.
● Wherever you are at any time, there are several GPS satellites “visible” out of the 24 in total.
● They each send a signal to a GPS receiver such as your smartphone or satnav.
● They transmit information about the satellite position and also the current time, this information
is transmitted at regular intervals and travels at the speed of light.
● When your receiver intercepts the signal it calculates how far away each satellite is by
calculating how long it took for the messages to arrive.
● Once your receiver knows how far away it is from at least three satellites, it pinpoints your
positions using a process called trilateration.
Satellite Systems
Global positioning systems and satellite navigation:

● All GPS devices require three satellites to accurately calculate your position but normally use
between four and seven in order to get really accurate data such as altitude.
● If, before you begin your journey, you program your satnav with the information of where you
want to go, the satnav will calculate the quickest route to get to your destination. However,
you can choose another route if you want, by inputting various waypoints that you want the
route to take.
Advantages Disadvantages

● It helps people find their ● It does not work in places where


destinations the device cannot receive signals
● Helps in tracking parcels and from the satellites, e.g. in some
stolen vehicles buildings and underground
● Gives information on nearby ● If a driver just follows verbal
shops, restaurants, petrol stations, instructions they will never learn
etc. and remember the route.
● Can give spoken directions so that
drivers do not have to take their
eyes off the road.
Satellite Systems
Geographic information systems (GIS):

● A geographic information system (GIS) lets you produce maps and other graphic displays of
geographic information. A GIS is a valuable tool to combine and display spatial data about a
particular area.
● Different layers of data can be combined or overlaid. For example, data about population,
buildings, roads and boundaries, aerial photographs and GPS coordinates can be stored in a
relational database and combine to answer specific questions.
● For example, a GIS can quickly identify and map all of the locations within a specified area, or
all of the roads and streets that run through a territory inside a particular boundary.
● Therefore, GIS gives you the power to create maps and integrate information. It can be used to
visualise scenarios and help to develop effective solutions to many problems, such as pollution,
or to assess community needs and resources.
Satellite Systems
Geographic information systems (GIS):

Advantages Disadvantages

● Can help organisations make ● Expensive software is required


planning decisions, e.g. where to ● The systems require vast amounts
build new offices or factories of data.
● Can be used to communicate
data sets to the public
● Can analyse the numbers in
different geographical areas and
assist with forecasting which can
help policy makers prepare for
future developments and allocate
resources appropriately.
Satellite Systems
Media communication systems (satellite television and phones):

● Satellite television:
○ Satellite television delivers television programs and media streaming services to viewers by
relaying it to a communications satellite orbiting the earth.
○ Users also need a set top box to decode the signals and watch the programs.
○ They are widely used in areas where there are no cables and transmitters needed for
terrestrial television.

Advantages Disadvantages

● A large amount of content is ● Need a satellite dish


available ● The satellite dish has to be
● Lots of foreign stations can be positioned correctly.
viewed
● Good for rural areas as cables are
not required
Satellite Systems
Media communication systems (satellite television and phones):

● Satellite telephone:
○ Satellite telephones are mobile devices that beam their data directly to and from satellites
orbiting the earth.
○ They do not depend on cables or the cellular network used by smartphones.
○ In remote areas, where there are no cables and no cellular network coverage, people
can still communicate using a satellite phone but the phones themselves and the cost of
calls are far more expensive than other methods.

Advantages Disadvantages

● Easy to get in touch with anyone ● Expensive to buy and to make


when travelling calls
● Can be used where there is no ● Can only work when in direct line
cellular signal or cables of sight with the satellite - cannot
● Can connect to cellular and use in covered areas or buildings.
landline phones

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