Syllabus Satellite Communication - (CEC352) UNIT I SATELLITE ORBITS 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. (Chapter - 1) UNIT II SPACE SEGMENT Spacecraft Technology - Structure, Primary power, Attitude and Orbit control, Thermal control and Propulsion, communication Payload and supporting subsystems, Telemetry, Tracking and command-Transponders Antenna Subsystem. (Chapter - 2) UNIT III SATELLITE LINK DESIGN Basic link analysis, Uplink and Downlink Design equation, Free space loss-Atmospheric effects, Ionospheric scintillation, Rain induced attenuation and interference, system noise temperature, Link Design with and without frequency reuse. (Chapter - 3) UNIT IV SATELLITE ACCESS AND CODING TECHNIQUES Modulation and Multiplexing : Voice, Data, Video, Analog - digital transmission system, Digital video Broadcast, multiple access : FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, PAMA and DAMA Assignment Methods, compression - encryption, Coding Schemes. (Chapter - 4) UNIT V SATELLITE APPLICATIONS INTELSAT Series, INSAT, VSAT, Mobile satellite services : GSM, GPS, LEO, MEO, Satellite Navigational System. GPS-Position Location Principles, Differential GPS, Direct Broadcast satellites (DBS/DTH). (Chapter - 5)